Man shatters Birmingham Airport gate after being redirected to wrong gate
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- Michael Gannon, 49, from Dublin, was denied boarding at Birmingham Airport Gate 58 on 8 November 2025 and shouted racial slurs at a black airline employee after being told he was at the wrong gate.
- He then kicked the glass boarding door, shattering it, and was ordered by the court to pay a total of £7,247.28, which includes £100 to the airport worker and £85 in prosecution costs.
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