Thousands of flights cancelled across the world after major Microsoft outage

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Published 2024-07-19
Thousands of flights were cancelled and many were forced to land after the major Microsoft outage that affected travel across the world. The outage, that happened after a routine software update, caused long lines and left travelers without plans. 

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All Comments (19)
  • I love how airlines get fined but the customers don’t get their money back and after those fines airlines just raise prices so.. the customer just gets fkd twice. I mean.. there’s no right answer here but figuring out faulty infrastructure and transportation might be a thing huh?
  • @AS-zt3xl
    Do airlines refund? Or do people just sleep in the airport?
  • 20 years ago, I took a computer class where we were taught that updates should be done on a single computer disconnected from the rest of the network. If the update fails, only one machine is lost.
  • @ganlet20
    It was a CrowdStrike outage not Microsoft
  • @Impozalla
    Crowdstrike should compensate all the companies they service during this computer system meltdown down.
  • @nikobelic4251
    Just to be clear, the airplanes themselves were not affected by the update, it wasn’t the fact that it was an “older plane” that made it where that flight was less affected. it was airline operations centers that were affected and planes could not depart because Ops couldn’t get info to crews needed to depart and gate agents and check in agents couldn’t get the necessary info to board flights. At some airports the pipes needed to refuel planes failed too so they needed to use traditional fuel trucks, which also takes longer. But the planes themselves were not affected by the crowd strike issue.
  • @user-ns8vp4jw2r
    This is just the beginning of sorrow the worst is yet to come is time to pray 🙏
  • @joycesmith8120
    How can this happen, poor and outdated also maintenance
  • @user-ch5qv9wf4o
    u look prettier with out all the make up, ellison, not the bloke
  • This story is blown into trauma overload and a tinge of overkill❤😂What did the world do before airlines and airports...Home is where God wants us now❤
  • ⚠️⚠️Anyone who takes SPIRIT... Well let's just say we know what kind of customers flies Spirit airlines! 😂 So whatever the other major flights are going through, Spirit airlines will go through 20 times worse! 😂 And hopefully they don't start fighting each other! 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤣🤣🤷🏾‍♀️⚠️⚠️