A widespread Microsoft outage was disrupting flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world on Friday.
Passengers wait in front of a black display board at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, in Schönefeld, Germany, on Friday July 19, 2024, after a widespread technology outage disrupted flights, banks, media outlets, and more worldwide.
The website DownDectector, which tracks user-reported internet outages, recorded growing outages in services at Visa, ADT security and Amazon, and airlines including American Airlines and Delta. The company did not respond to a request for comment. It did not explain the cause of the outage further.In the U.S., the FAA said the airlines United, American, Delta and Allegiant had all been grounded.
Widespread problems were reported at Australian airports, where lines grew and some passengers were stranded as online check-in services and self-service booths were disabled. Passengers in Melbourne queued for more than an hour to check in. At Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport, some US-bound flights had posted delays, while others were unaffected.
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