"Is it actually within the power of Ryanair to "drop passengers off" at any gate??"
I think it might be in the powers of Swissport to set the gates incorrectly feeding arriving passengers into the departures channel although that is not necessarily what happened.
update 18:18 ~ the daily mail (that well respected piece of ......) is quoting the airport as saying " a small number of passengers managed to get into the departures lounge" It looks like a door problem rather than a staff problem
Last edited by STN Ramp Rat; 4th Jan 2015 at 17:05.