In many countries of the world, serious air traffic interruptions are observed due to a global malfunction in the operation of the Windows operating system using the American Crowdstrike cybersecurity company.
According to CNN, many airports and airlines, in particular in the USA, Europe and Asia, were faced with a failure in the work of information systems.
The US Federal Civil Aviation Department (FAA) announced the suspension of flights of leading airlines due to problems with communication.
The suspension of flights affects all flights of airlines, regardless of their destination, the Office said.
Among the airlines that the technical failure in the operation of the systems have affected, Delta Airlines, United Airlines, American Airlines, Allegiant Air, Indigo, Akasa Airlines, Ryanair’s and SpiceJet.
European airports also faced a problem
Along with the United States, a technical failure in the operation of systems also affected European airports.
One of the most loaded airports in Europe “Schiphol” in Amsterdam said that the technical failure influenced arriving and departing flights.
In addition, in the morning at Edinburgh Airport in Scotland, flights to track tracking did not work. Due to a computer failure in the main building of the air harbor, a fire alarm worked.
Airport of the Berlin-Brandenburg (BER) Airport named after Willy Brandt in Germany reported delays in the registration procedures of passengers “Due to the technical malfunction”.
Meanwhile, the Aena state -owned company, which runs all airports in Spain, said that the air harbors are open, however, the “failure in the computer system” can cause delays.
The French Air France Airlines also reported on the failure of computer systems and possible flight delays.
Technical failure also affected Asian airports
Singapore Changi Airport warned passengers about interruptions in work due to a global technical failure. In particular, a message appeared on the air harbor page on Facebook that many airlines switched to manual passenger registration regime.
Global failure was also affected by Bangkok Airport Don Muang. According to CNA, many passengers were faced with a “very chaotic” situation at the airport and could not access their baggage for several hours. The malfunction of the reservation and registration systems was also reported to Indigo, SpiceJet and Akasa Air.
The Windows operating system failure
The report of the American giant in the field of Microsoft’s information technology said that the problem can affect any user trying to use various Microsoft 365 applications and services, and also assured that they are working to mitigate the consequences of the failure.
The failure began due to a change in the configuration in the part of the internal workloads of Azure (Microsoft cloud computing platform), the company said.