Alton Towers crash amputee Leah Washington caught up in air traffic control nightmare as hen party is left stranded in Portugal while others facing night sleeping on airport floors or scrambling for h

Alton Towers crash amputee Leah Washington has been caught up in the air traffic control nightmare as her hen party was left stranded in Portugal, while others are facing a night sleeping on airport floors or scrambling for hotels. Alton Towers crash amputee Leah Washington has been caught up in the air traffic control nightmare as her hen party was left stranded in Portugal Passengers in Mallorca are among the worst impacted after severe storms battered the holiday island, leaving holidaymakers stranded in airports since Sunday morning Beth McKendrick, 26, and bride-to-be Elizabeth Spadea, 25, are currently stuck in Palma airport after spending time in the Spanish city for a hen do Beth McKendrick on a hen do with her friends in Palma before the 'utter chaos' at the airport with 'people running back and forth between gates' One frustrated passenger vented on X, formerly Twitter: 'People at Palma airport have been stuck there since 9am yesteday morning - no hotels and very few updates given by Jet2. They have a Snickers bar, a bag of roasted and salted peanuts, and a bottle of water to keep them going Simon Cullen is currently squashed in 'like sardines' on a British Airways flight at Thessaloniki in Greece One passenger, Danni - who is travelling back to the UK from Lanzarote - told MailOnline she had been told to expect a delay of at least 10 hours Passenger Eric Parzianello is on a Delta flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, which has been delayed by the air traffic control outage Matthew Tully is stuck at Heathrow waiting on a flight to New York. The travel guru said air traffic controllers at Heathrow - the UK's busiest airport - will be forced to reduce the frequency at which flights are able to land. Ryanair passengers waiting at Stansted Airport in Essex said there were cheers when two flights to Copenhagen and Paphos were announced for boarding amid delays caused by a UK air traffic control failure.