The mass Microsoft outage has sparked chaos around the globe, with TV channels knocked out and banks taken offline. The outage has cause travel mayhem for people at airports across the UK.
Microsoft outage sparks global chaos with banks, TV channels and flights hit. Follow the. Have YOU been caught up in the chaos? Email [email protected] global tech meltdown has triggered travel mayhem across Britain, with flights grounded, airport check-ins cancelled and trains axed.
Meanwhile Britain's biggest train company told passengers to expect delays due to 'widespread IT issues', while Ryanair warned of 'potential disruption'.Holidaymakers at Gatwick Airport have been left stranded and unable to check-in following the Microsoft outageThe IT shutdown has also led to trains being delayed across the UK
Dean Seddon started queuing at 6am to check in for a trip with his social media training company to Miami, Florida, ahead of their scheduled departure at 10am with Norse Atlantic Airways. Mr Seddon said there had been some people getting 'agitated' in the queue but overall travellers had remained calm.
Govia Thameslink Railway, the parent company of Southern, Thameslink, Gatwick Express and Great Northern, issued the alert across social media.'Our IT teams are actively investigating to determine the root cause of the problem. Read MoreBREAKING NEWS Microsoft outage sparks chaos around world: System failure grounds planes with TV knocked off air Gatwick Express also warned travellers they are 'currently experiencing widespread IT issues' across the entire network.'Due to IT issues across the South Western Railway network all ticket vending machines are currently non operational,' a message read on X.'We apologise for the inconvenience this causes.
On X, formerly Twitter, it posted: 'A global IT issue is impacting travel. We advise passengers to contact their airlines for the latest flight information before travelling to the Airport. 'Affected passengers will be notified and any passengers travelling across the network on Fri 19 July should check their Ryanair app for the latest updates on their flight.
Holidaymakers are still being checked-in manually which means delays for those travelling on flights supplied by Swissport. Queues are reportedly up to 40 minutes long, with a spokesman for the ferry port saying: 'We are currently experiencing IT outages and are processing traffic through border control. Dwell times were slightly longer for check-ins this morning, but this has been resolved. Queue in the bugger zone is 40 minutes.'
Sky News viewers were left with a static message on their TVs apologising for the 'disruption' to the service at 6am when broadcasting was meant to begin.UK Sky Sports Presenter Jacquie Beltrao posted on X: 'We're obviously not on air - we're trying @SkyNews Breakfast' While in the US emergency services lines are reportedly down in Alaska, Arizona, Indiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Ohio.
This has also lead to travel chaos as passengers attempting to board flights have been unable to check in due to the technical issues.
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