 An exhausted Brit stranded abroad by an air traffic system failure has been left 'completely penniless' after he was forced to drain his life savings to fly home from Gran Canaria. Adam Burke, 31, has claimed easyJet left passengers 'on their own' after his flight back to Bristol airport was one of hundreds cancelled due to an IT fault in the UK's air traffic control system. The next flight the airline offered was on September 9 to Gatwick – leaving stranded passengers scrambling to pay for an earlier trip home and accommodation. Speaking to Metro.co.uk, the primary school teacher said: 'It's horrendous, it's an absolute shambles – we are literally by ourselves. 'My savings have been completely wiped out, and we have had to borrow money from our parents, which has of course put them in a difficult situation. 'It will take us a year to save up that money again. We have just bought our first home, and those savings were there in case anything should happen to it.' Mr Burke said he and his partner spent a night on the airport floor before booking their own hotel and new flights with Jet2 for Monday, at a cost of £1,500 – £750 each. 'There were around 100 people sleeping on the airport floor the first night, but half way through the second day we realised we were on our own,' he said. Mr Burke said around 100 people slept at the airport overnight (Picture: Adam Burke) 'We had to borrow money from my dad to afford the hotel. The accommodation easyJet offered us was on the other side of the island, and they didn't arrange a way for us to get there. 'But at this point we just really wanted some food and water, because we weren't given any vouchers at all whilst we slept on the airport floor for the night.' The couple, from Worcester, are also having to fork out an extra £105 to cover the cost of their parked car at Bristol airport. 'It's £15 a day at the car park in Bristol, but now we ar){kind=link}
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An exhausted Brit stranded abroad by an air traffic system failure has been left ‘completely penniless’ after he was forced to drain his life savings to fly home from Gran Canaria.
Adam Burke, 31, has claimed easyJet left passengers ‘on their own’ after his flight back to Bristol airport was one of hundreds cancelled due to an IT fault in the UK’s air traffic control system.
The next flight the airline offered was on September 9 to Gatwick – leaving stranded passengers scrambling to pay for an earlier trip home and accommodation.
Speaking to Metro.co.uk, the primary school teacher said: ‘It’s horrendous, it’s an absolute shambles – we are literally by ourselves.