A man was stopped from boarding a plane at the gate at Manchester Airport over a 'slight rip' in his passport - despite successfully using it to check in and buy currency and duty free.
Abriella Monroe, 32, said a birthday holiday to Tenerife with her husband Sebastien, who has just turned 36, has been ruined.
Glue appears to have worked loose on a page of his passport, resulting in a small tear along its spine. Ryanair, in response, said he was 'correctly refused travel', but Abriella and Sebastien said they believe the passport should have been accepted.
The angry couple, from Wythenshawe, told how they had to watch the Ryanair flight they should have been on fly away as a result.
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