Major US airlines ordered ground stops on Friday due to communications issues, while other carriers, media companies, banks, and telecom firms worldwide reported system outages that were disrupting their operations.
American Airlines, Delta Airlines, United Airlines, and Allegiant Air grounded flights less than an hour after Microsoft announced that it had resolved a cloud services outage that affected several low-cost carriers. It was unclear whether the decision to prevent flights from taking off was related to a previous Microsoft cloud outage. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, one of Europe’s busiest hubs, was also impacted.
Three Indian airlines, IndiGo, SpiceJet, and Akasa Air, announced disruptions to their booking systems on Friday, mirroring widespread technical issues reported by flight operators worldwide.
In Australia, media, banks, and telecom companies experienced outages, which the government believes are related to a problem at global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike. Downdetector, a crowdsourced website, reported outages at several banks and telecommunications companies.
When Reuters contacted Crowdstrike’s technical support on Friday, the company responded with a recorded phone message that it was aware of reports of crashes on Microsoft’s Windows operating system related to its Falcon sensor but did not mention Australia.
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