00:00At Milan's Linate airport on Sunday, only 34 passengers boarded an easy jet flight to the UK, leaving 122 people
00:08behind in Italy, watching their plane depart without them.
00:12This travel chaos was the result of the EU's new entry-exit system being introduced at airport border control over
00:19the weekend.
00:21There were queues of up to three hours and reports of stranded passengers missing flights.
00:27The biometric control system was officially introduced across the Schengen area on Friday and is now in place in 29
00:34European countries.
00:36For non-EU travelers on short stays, the system replaces manual passport stamping with digital records.
00:43It collects facial images and fingerprints along with passport details.
00:48Airlines for Europe has called three hours of queuing at border control a systemic failure.
00:54The interest group called on the European Commission to suspend the system until the end of summer.
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