Microsoft, disruption of services worldwide. Airports grounded and hundreds of flights canceled
First in the United States, then in Australia and later in different parts of the world, including Europe: the computer systems of [...]
First in the United States, then in Australia, and then in different parts of the world, including Europe: Microsoft's computer systems, for a "mass network interruption" due to a security software update Crowdstrike, are creating quite a few inconveniences for media, banks, railways and even airports, as well as individual users who are unable to use their PCs.
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The very first reports of systems malfunction came around 6 p.m. yesterday (around midnight Italian time): the disruptions initially affected Frontier, Allegiant e Sun Country Airlines, 3 U.S. low-cost, Whose flights were canceled or departed with a significant delay. Even the flights Delta, American e United, due to unspecified communication problems, remained grounded this morning (those, however, who were in the air, once landed will not be allowed to take off until further notice).
In Europe, however, Microsoft's malfunction created problems for Air France, which announced that it had experienced slowdowns in its systems at several airports, but also at easyJet, which reported that it had canceled several flights. Ryanair, on the other hand, with a tweet on X advised departing passengers to Go to the airport at least 3 hours in advance, and so did Wizz Air. The Irish carrier also warned its customers that online booking and check-in were not available on the official website due to the disruption of Microsoft services.
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In short, a state of chaos which is also affecting airports: Amsterdam-Schipol airport, Vienna airport, Hong-Kong airport and several in India have reported outages in their systems.
Problems also in the banking and telecommunications sectors: In Australia, many users reported difficulty making phone calls, while in the United Kingdom, Sky News was unable to broadcast its programs live this morning.
Microsoft, for its part, reported that its services were restored almost completely; airlines, however, predictably, are falling in the stock market.
