People flying out of Liverpool John Lennon Airport were asked to leave the departure lounge after a security issue.
Travellers said that they were escorted from the airport gates back through duty free and into security to be rescreened. The disruption is said to have been due to a "short term technical issue."
A spokesperson for the airport, told the ECHO that one of the passenger security screening machines was broken. Because of the technical issue, passengers who'd been checked by the machine needed to be rescreened.