Doesn’t Manchester Airport have emergency generators?

HAL9000

Well? Doesn’t it?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3ggg3v2mm5t

VimFuego

if it does I'd imagine they prioritise things that get the big metal tubes onto the ground safely over other things. 

Sporky

If you read the article it says there was a power surge which caused the issues. 

Shrews

Daughter was going to Cyprus but called off now until tomorrow.

I blame Putin

Or Boris

... Possibly Sunak

thumpingrug

Shrews said:

Daughter was going to Cyprus but called off now until tomorrow.

I blame Putin

Or Boris

... Possibly Sunak

Its defo Sunak - Keir would have flown everyone personally.

Emp_Fab

I'm sure the essential kit will all be on dual-conversion UPSs with generators; ATC, tower, runway lights, navigation aids etc.  Baggage belts, passport control, security, shops etc would be unlikely to be on anything but the mains.  They would need millions of pounds worth of kit to keep everything up during an outage.  It's entirely possible but then you'd be paying £19.99 for a cup of tea and a bacon roll.

Funkfingers

HAL9000 said:

Well? Doesn’t it?

They have probably been spirited away along the M62 and melted down for scrap. 

HAL9000

Emp_Fab said:

They would need millions of pounds worth of kit to keep everything up during an outage.  It's entirely possible but then you'd be paying £19.99 for a cup of tea and a bacon roll.

^ Typical airport prices then ;-)