Air and rail passengers left stranded after power outage at Stansted Airport

Passengers at Stansted Airport have been left stranded after a power failure affected the entire site, including trains to and from the airport. The site suffered a "power outage" in its terminal and train station on Sunday, officials said, leading to "ongoing disruption" and by the evening, trains were still unable to run to and from the airport. The situation sparked a flood of complaints from passengers on X - formerly Twitter - about the fallout of the situation, including queues for passport control, passengers being stuck on board planes that had landed, as well as passengers having to get off trains before reaching the airport. Others also criticised a lack of information or updates, saying it had added to an already-stressful situation. Images shared on social media echoed similar scenes at London's Gatwick and Heathrow airports in May, with frustrated passengers complaining of having to wait several hours in line due to border system issues.In an update at 5pm on Sunday, London Stansted Airport said: "Earlier today, we experienced a brief power outage in our terminal and train station. "Power has been restored, and we are working hard to get all systems up and running as quickly as possible, but we are experiencing some ongoing disruption and apologise to all those affected."<br/>