MAJOR Disruptions For Airports Around The World As Computer System Crashes

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Critical Infrastructure Disruption in Other on September 28 2017 12:39 PM (UTC).

Airline passengers are suffering major disruption at airports around the world after a computer programme which handles passenger check in systems crashed. Queues formed at check-in desks worldwide this morning after the computer system used by more than 100 airlines crashed. Problems have been reported at London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports, as well as Charles de Gaulle Paris, Washington DC, Baltimore, Melbourne, Changi in Singapore, Johannesburg and Zurich. The check-in system which went down is run by Amadeus Altea, which services 64% of the Star Alliance flights, 75% of One World and 53% of the Sky Team, including BA, AirFrance, KLM and Lufthansa. The company behind the programme confirmed a 'network issue' is causing the problems, but insisted 'services are gradually being restored'.

It declined to comment on whether hackers was behind the problem. Passengers were left standing in long queues at airports around the world as the computer problems caused gridlock. One passenger wrote: 'If your entire system is down at REAGAN airport in DC, does that mean the planes aren't leaving on time?' Another added: 'After 10 min of standing in queue, the Lufthansa system in the whole Frankfurt airport stops working. Fun' One tweeted from London: 'When you've been looking forward to your holiday all year and then all computers at airport crash as you are checking in. ALL SERVERS DOWN' Heathrow's departures board showed nearly all planes took off between half an hour and an hour late this morning, with some flights scheduled for this afternoon delayed by a similar amount of time.


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