Woman in wheelchair carried down six flights of stairs by husband and Manchester Airport passengers after BOTH lifts break down

A holidaymaker has told how fellow passengers were forced to step in and help him carry his wheelchair-bound wife down six flights of stairs when both lifts broke down.

Colin and Dawn Kennedy, from Belfast, were stuck on the third floor of Manchester Airport's Terminal Two after visiting a lounge for coffee before their flight.

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The stranded couple faced a race against time to board the plane to Florida for Dawn's 60th birthday celebrations.

Colin said staff "did nothing to help" when a lift was out of order already - and a second lift broke down after they had reached the third floor.

Distressed Dawn even offered to 'bump' herself down the stairs to avoid missing their flight, before other holidaymakers rushed to their aid.

Colin, 58, told the Manchester Evening News: " When we were notified that boarding had commenced, we attempted to get to the second floor, obviously using the elevators.

"Unfortunately, there are only two.

"One was marked 'out of order' and after waiting 15 minutes for the only other working elevator, we realised it also had broken down, which obviously must have occurred after we reached the third floor.

"Airport staff were informed however no one assisted, or advised, how we should get to the departure level."

The couple were booked on an 11am Aer Lingus flight to Florida on December 27 for a holiday to celebrate Dawn's 60th birthday.

Dawn, 60, cannot walk or stand because of a degenerative neurological condition.

"The departure time was rapidly approaching and we had no way of getting, safely, from the third to the second floor," Colin added.

"Eventually, several passengers saw the distress we were in and helped me to carry my wife and her electric wheelchair down six flights of stairs