Passengers on a flight from Birmingham Airport felt like they were "locked" on board after being told their luggage would not be travelling with them, according to one holidaymaker.

Alex Griffiths, who flew to Rhodes with his family on Friday, said passengers were only informed their suitcases were being left behind after the aircraft doors had been closed, preventing anyone from leaving the plane.

On learning they would arrive without their belongings, several passengers tried to leave but were told they could not, he said, describing his own situation as a "nightmare" due to missing necessities and enforced expenses.

Griffiths' account follows a weekend of holidaymakers sharing frustration about absent suitcases after a problem with the airport's baggage system affected outbound luggage.

The airport last updated affected passengers on Sunday morning, saying then the "vast majority" of baggage was now travelling with passengers as planned, and it was working to reunite others with their bags.

In the meantime, people continue to share their experiences after problems emerged on Friday,

Griffiths, from Halesowen in Dudley, said: "There was a bloke on the plane who'd got cancer medication in his suitcase, and he wanted to get off for that, but they'd already shut the door."

The father-of-two said on Monday "that guy still has not been reunited with his cancer medication, and he's looking very poorly".

Of Jet2, the travel company with which he had booked, Griffiths claimed: "[They've] put the comfort and possibly health of everybody on the plane at risk just because they needed to get the plane in the air.

"It's appalling, what else can you say?"

Jet2 has been approached by the BBC for comment.

Griffiths said he was told by Jet2 that his suitcase had been delivered to the hotel on Sunday. That was not the case, he added, because he was at the hotel and his luggage was absent.

In a later update from them, he said, he was told it "may be at the airport".

His wife's contact lenses were in their suitcase, "so she's basically blind without them", he explained.

He said: "We've told them if we don't get our suitcases today we want to fly home and get a full refund because this has been an absolute nightmare."

He added he had been told expenses would be reimbursed, but said: "I've only brought so much spending money with me, I can't afford to keep buying new clothes.

"The first day cost me 350 Euros in swimwear for the family."

A couple who flew to Ibiza said they also would prefer their holiday to end after no sign of their luggage.

Deb Colley, from Burton upon Trent, flew to Spain with her husband David on Saturday morning, but said their suitcase had still not been located days later.

Since arriving on the island, she said she had spent much of the holiday trying to track down the missing suitcase and buying replacement essentials.

"When we look on the [travel company] app, it just says they're still searching," she said.

"Nobody cares."

The NHS nurse had booked the four-night trip, through TUI, as a chance to recover after caring for her mum who had recently died, she explained.

"We've never been away on our own without the children in 25 years," she added.

"They just said to us 'go away and have a break from everything'."

Instead, she said, the missing luggage had created further stress.

"This was supposed to be a break to get away from a stressful situation at home and it's just added to everything.

She said the couple had tried to change their flights to return home early, but TUI had said they would have to fund it themselves.

"I've already paid them for a package holiday, and as far as I'm concerned, they've broken that agreement," she said.

"Them not knowing where it is, that's the worst part, because there are things in there that are valuable to me," she explained.

"You know, and it might sound stupid, it might just be a favourite dress or something, but to me, that's what's important, and right now, those small things just tip you over the edge."

TUI has been approached by the BBC for comment.

Hayley Chapman, from Northfield, Birmingham, said that one of her three missing cases had been confirmed as arriving at Dalaman Airport, but that staff would not release it until all three had been found.

There was no luggage at all loaded on to her flight on Friday.

"To make matters even more ridiculous, [TUI] actually tried to give our case to someone else with the same surname as us," she said.

That passenger helped to avoid a mix-up by messaging Chapman and asking her to identify her suitcase, having spotted her posts about the saga on social media.

Chapman said she had applied for statutory compensation of £100 per passenger, "which talks about 'bare essentials' being reimbursed", she said.

"But what exactly does that mean?

"Are we genuinely expected to spend our holiday living out of a tiny collection of essentials while we wait indefinitely for our belongings?

"We have already lost valuable holiday time dealing with this," she added.

"We just want our luggage back and some proper communication about what is actually happening.

"And most importantly - where are our other two cases?"

But there has been some good news from Cyprus.

Clive Stokes, from Kidderminster, who travelled to Paphos, said he was sent an email from holiday company Jet2 two hours into his flight, warning him of the baggage problems.

After spending two days trying to track the luggage, it was found on Sunday evening," he said.

"We've been out, but just had a call from the hotel to say the cases have been delivered, so fingers crossed that's the end of it," he said.

Birmingham Airport has said previously: "We are working with our airlines and third parties to reunite luggage with passengers as fast as possible and we are sincerely sorry for the inconvenience and stress this has caused some of our passengers."

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