Companies and banks worldwide have been reportedly hit by a mass IT outage, leading to grounded flights.
A major IT outage has reportedly hit banks, media outlets, and airlines on Friday, causing chaos at airport check-in and cancelled flights.
The outage is believed to be caused by an outage of Microsoft’s Azure and Office365 services.
Airlines such as Qantas in Australia and at least two low-cost carriers in the US – Frontier and Sun Country Airlines – have been forced to ground flights.
In Europe, users of Ryanair’s app and website also complained and not being able to check in on Friday morning, with a surge of reports noted on the outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
Source: Major IT outage hits Microsoft users worldwide leading to cancelled flights and chaos | Euronews
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