Thousands of flights temporarily grounded after major global IT outage

Global IT Outage Affects Airlines, Banks And Retailers Photo by Mailee Osten-Tan/Getty Images

Thousands of flights were temporarily grounded Friday after a major global IT outage caused airline computers to become inoperable. Some flights were resuming Friday morning, but airlines were warning customers of delays and disruptions throughout the day.

The outage apparently stemmed from a software update issued by major US cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which is widely used by businesses for managing security on Windows PCs — including by most major airlines.

The outage was spurring some airlines to revert to more analog methods. A traveler in India posted on X abou...

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