No working toilets or running water at Gatwick as airport suffers major outage

Flyers have been unable to flush toilets, wash their hands or refill water bottles.

Gatwick Airport left with ‘no water, flushing toilets or drinking fountains’

A water outage has left passengers at the United Kingdom's second busiest airport without access to toilets.

SES Water said it was working to restore service after a power outage at its Bough Beech Water Treatment Works caused a drop in pressure and temporary water loss for some customers in Kent and Sussex counties.

Water supplies to London’s Gatwick Airport were disrupted on Sunday after a power outage at a local treatment works, authorities at the airport said in a statement on X. The issue had resulted in flushing toilets not working and the closure of restaurants and bars, passengers…

Airport’s bars and restaurants also unable to serve drinks to passengers because of lack of running water A water supply failure at Gatwick has left passengers without access to working toilets or bars and restaurants. Passengers posted online that they were unable to get hot…

Bottled water is being handed out to passengers and staff while the issue is investigated.

Bottled water is being handed out to travellers

Both terminals at Gatwick Airport are suffering a severe water outage, with passengers being given bottled water.