Chaos at London Stansted: passengers stranded after two-hour security queues

Queues of more than two hours built at Stansted Airport on Thursday night (Picture: Metro)

Passengers at London Stansted face a night of chaos after queues of more than two hours at security, Metro can reveal.

Hundreds of travellers look set to miss flights on Thursday night after arriving at the Essex Airport queues of more than an hour backed up to the entrance of the security area.

No announcements have been made by the airport and as of 10.15pm, just two of the 11 security scanners were open while furious passengers watched on.

People on the scene have been told there is a lack of staff.

A passenger who was due to travel o...