US airlines begin resuming operations after global IT outage
The Peninsula
Washington: Multiple US airlines said they were beginning to resume operations Friday following a major worldwide computer systems outage that grounde...
Washington: Multiple US airlines said they were beginning to resume operations Friday following a major worldwide computer systems outage that grounded or delayed thousands of flights across the country.
The IT issue has wrought global havoc at airports, grounding flights in Europe and the United States, while also derailing television broadcasts in the UK and impacting telecommunications in Australia.
At Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, Evyn Garson told AFP she and her family had been trying to travel to Florida for a wedding, but now "feel kind of stuck."
"We definitely considered just driving down there. But now it looks like they are checking bags so we might stay."
American Airlines said in a post on X that it had been able to "safely re-establish our operation" as of 5:00 am EST (0900 GMT) following a "technical issue with a vendor."
