'100 easyJet passengers' miss flight in Milan after border control delays

'100 easyJet passengers' miss flight in Milan after border control delaysBritish passengers have been left stranded at Linate airport in Milan due to huge delays at border control have meant they missed their flight back to ManchesterNewsTim Hanlon News Reporter21:17, 12 Apr 2026Updated 21:17, 12 Apr 2026View ImageEasyJet passenger said they have been left stranded in Milan (stock image)(Image: AFP via Getty Images)More than 100 easyJet passengers are allegedly stranded in Milan after their flight left without them.‌Many people have taken to social media to complain that they faced long queues of up to three hours at border control as they sought to fly out from the Italian city’s Linate airport.‌And there are reports that some passengers had become ill after waiting in the heat for their easyJet flight on Sunday night back to Manchester Airport.‌READ MORE: UK to sizzle at 22C within days as heatwave hits 6 countiesREAD MORE: Keir Starmer sends warning to US and Iran after peace talks break down“The airport held us back from joining the queue to allow the BA flight to go. We did everything that easyJet asked, got to the airport with 3 hours to spare. Went to the EES to be processed, which we were refused entry. 2 hours we stood there,” wrote one person on Facebook.Easyjet reportedly said it was supporting passengers but that the situation was not in their control.Kiera, 17, from Oldham, says she and her boyfriend now face a 20-hour wait at the airport until they could get another flight tomorrow. "We got here at 7.30pm for our flight at 11pm so were super early. We got to Border Control and it was a massive queue of people. I wasn't feeling great anyway because I think I'd got food poisoning," Kiera told the BBC.‌"At about 10.50pm they brought some water over for people, and when we got to the front of the queue someone asked us if we were going to Manchester, and told us our flight had just gone. There were only about 30 people go...