A runway defect at Bristol Airport has caused travel chaos as flights are cancelled or diverted hundreds of miles away.
Hundreds of flyers were stranded on Friday night as the airport was forced to close -with dozens of people waiting in crowds at their departure gates.
Although flights did resume at 8am this morning, the airport warned that disruption would continue throughout Saturday.
Many holidaymakers were left with long and expensive journeys home after their planes were diverted to different airports across the country.
Dave Blackwell, who was travelling from Rhodes, found himself 246 miles away from Bristol after his plane landed in Newcastle.
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