According to ABC News, global airlines, airports, banks, and media companies have experienced sudden and prolonged technical failures due to technical issues with the US internet security company Crowdstrike. This may have affected millions of people.
According to a warning issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday afternoon (19th) Taiwan time, American Airlines, United Airlines, and Delta Air Lines have requested the FAA to order a global halt to all flights. FAA is notifying air traffic controllers to inform pilots that the aviation companies are currently experiencing communication issues.
In a statement obtained by ABC News, American Airlines stated that, due to this technical problem, there were long queues at the boarding gates at McCarran International Airport in Nevada.
The extent of the impact of this issue is currently unclear. Melbourne Airport in Australia also stated that they are “experiencing a global technical issue,” which has affected their boarding procedures. Many countries have reported this global IT outage, including Berlin Airport in Germany, London Stock Exchange, Google Cloud, Microsoft, and Gatwick Airport in the UK.
In a statement released today, Microsoft said, “We are investigating an issue that is impacting access to various Microsoft 365 applications and services for users.”
Crowdstrike has acknowledged responsibility for this error and is actively working on fixing it.
According to Central News Agency, Taoyuan International Airport Corporation stated that due to the global Microsoft system anomaly, some airlines’ systems are unable to operate on computers. Currently, the affected airlines include the entire Asia Group, Tigerair Taiwan, Jetstar Group, Hong Kong Express, Jeju Air, and Scoot. These airlines have switched to manual check-in procedures.