Passengers were left waiting for hours at Heathrow and other airports on May 7 after a UK Border Force outage that prevented systems functioning, including e-gates.The outage lasted several hours, leaving passengers stranded.Footage by Sam Morter showed passengers waiting at the border gates at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 3. “Big issues at Heathrow Passport Control with every single E-Gate not working,” he wrote on X.Heathrow announced the systems were “back up and running" early on Wednesday morning. Passengers were seen cheering and applauding as the e-gates came back online.The Home Office spokesperson told the BBC “at no point was border security compromised, and there is no indication of malicious cyber activity.” Credit: Sam Morter via Storyful