Latest update from Manchester Airport as passengers assured luggage is ‘safe and secure’ and ‘getting’ to owners

Manchester Airport has issued an update on the luggage backlog following the power cut over the weekend. A spokesperson has said that the ‘majority of luggage’ has already been flown out to its owner, or is currently ‘getting there’.

Passengers have been assured that their bags are ‘absolutely safe and secure’ as the airport works alongside airlines to reunite passengers with their bags. It comes after a power cut occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning, causing flights to be cancelled from both Terminal 1 and 2.

Although power was later restored, the outage disrupted baggage systems which meant many passengers ended up on their flight without their luggage on board. In its most recent statement shared on Monday, a spokesperson for Manchester Airport said: "Passengers whose bags did not make it onto flights yesterday are advised to stay in contact with their airlines.

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“We are working with airlines, their ground handling agents and other partners to get those bags out to passengers as soon as possible. Many were placed on flights last night and today and have already been reunited with their owners.”

Today a spokesperson for Manchester Airport told the M.E.N. that the process is underway. They said: "Airlines' ground handling teams have been managing the luggage that did not make it on to flights and always ensure that it is absolutely safe and secure. The majority of the luggage that did not make it onto flights on Sunday has either made it to its owner or is in the process of getting there.

“We are sorry for the inconvenience Sunday's power outage caused and have been working