- US flights canceled over communication issues
- Linked to global IT disruption impacting banks, airports
- American Airlines cites Crowdstrike antivirus issue
Major US airlines have canceled flights nationwide, citing communication concerns.
The grounding appears to be linked to a global IT disruption that has impacted banks, emergency services, and airports worldwide.
American Airlines, the world’s largest airline by passenger volume, said that no flights were allowed to take off and that it was in communication with all flights already in the air.
It attributed the troubles to a “technical issue” with Crowdstrike, an antivirus software.
Unconfirmed reports imply that the company released a software upgrade that caused Windows devices to crash.
A Los Angeles International Airport representative stated that “some flights are taking off and landing,” implying that the problem was mainly with airlines rather than airports.
The tech failure has also impacted Delta, United Airlines, and other smaller carriers.
Frontier Airlines announced late Thursday that a “major Microsoft technical outage” had impacted its operations.
US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg commented on the development, saying his department was “monitoring technical issues” at Frontier that were “leading to cancellations and delays across their network.
Flights have been stopped in various nations throughout the world.
Jetstar, Jeju Air, Qantas, HK Express, and Spring Japan are experiencing system troubles at Japan’s Narita airport, approximately 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Tokyo.
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In India, Delhi Airport reports that some services have been momentarily affected.
Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport is one of the most recent to claim delays due to the IT breakdown.
“The outage has an impact on flights flying from and to Schiphol,” a spokeswoman stated, adding that it was unclear how many flights were affected.
