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Passport System Failure Sparks Long Lines, Big Crowds at Schiphol

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Crowds and long lines hit Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport Sunday morning after the electronic passport control system failed, RTL reports. The outage began at 6 a.m., knocking out all 78 gates, the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee said.The lines are being created by the fact that the passport checks have switched to manual processing. A Marechaussee spokesperson told RTL that the checks are being run “somewhat more smoothly.”The cause behind the syst…

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Long queues have formed at Schiphol due to a malfunction at the electronic passport control. The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee confirmed this following reports by De Telegraaf. All 78 gates for electronic control are currently unusable. The malfunction began at 06:00. The cause is not yet known. More to follow.

·Hilversum, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Travelers at Schiphol are standing in long lines at the border on Sunday. All 78 electronic passport gates have been down since 06:00… Schiphol passport control malfunction causes long lines

Long queues have formed due to a malfunction at passport control at Schiphol. All electronic gates have failed, meaning everyone must now be checked manually by the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee. The cause of the malfunction is not yet known. According to a spokesperson for the Marechaussee, the nearly eighty so-called e-gates have been out of service since 6:00 this morning. It was already expected to be busier than usual at the airport on the…

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SCHIPHOL (ANP) - A malfunction at the electronic passport control is causing long queues at Schiphol on Sunday. The airport and the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee confirmed this following reports by De Telegraaf. The so-called e-gates are not working, and therefore all travelers must pass by... for a passport check.

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There are long queues at passport control at Schiphol. The gates for electronic passport control are experiencing a malfunction. As a result, everyone must go through manual checks, reports the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee.

·Nijmegen, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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NL Times broke the news on Sunday, October 18, 2026.
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