Fights erupt amid Spain travel CHAOS as passport control ‘collapses’ at major holiday airport sparking queue mayhem

CHAOS has erupted in Spain after a passport control “collapsed” at a major holiday airport.

Holidaymakers were seen fighting after endless passenger queues formed at Madrid-Barajas Airport due to overcrowding.

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Hundreds of passengers are understood to have missed their flights due to longer wait times.

Spanish Civil Guard were forced to take charge after passengers engaged in minor scuffles.

State-owned Aena, which operates the majority of the airports in Spain, said that chaos erupted after the passport control at T4 of the airport “was too slow” to do the checks.

Authorities have blamed a “temporary computer failure” for the long queues, which led to overcrowding.

Travellers complain that immigration officers took around an hour to complete the document and checks, and go through security.

Meanwhile, airlines complain of a lack of police officers at T4, which is understood to have added to the situation.

Aena has said that they have been working with cops to “ control the flow of people and prevent a situation of collapse.”

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