Hong Kong airport says some airlines affected by IT outage
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Hong Kong: Hong Kong s airport said Friday that some airlines had been affected by an IT outage, as widespread technical problems were reported by fli...
Hong Kong: Hong Kong's airport said Friday that some airlines had been affected by an IT outage, as widespread technical problems were reported by flight operators around the world.
"A Microsoft outage that has disrupted the service of airlines worldwide is affecting some of the airlines at Hong Kong International Airport," the Airport Authority said in a statement.
"Flight operations at (Hong Kong's airport) have not been affected."
At the airport, crowds of people waited in long lines, while staff members carried handwritten signs to direct passengers to different check-in counters.
A 38-year-old woman surnamed Wong told AFP that she and her family waited in line for around an hour to be checked-in for their HK Express flight to Chiang Mai.