WASHINGTON: Major American air carriers including Delta, United and American Airlines grounded all flights early on Friday due to a communication problem, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
According to a notice issued by FFA to airlines, “All flights regardless of destination” were grounded because of the “communication issues”.
AFP reported that the UK’s largest rail franchise is also facing “widespread IT problems”. “We are currently facing widespread IT problems across our entire network”, the four lines operated by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) wrote on social media.
Similarly, a large-scale outage wrought havoc on Information Technology systems across Australia on Friday, with the country’s national broadcaster, its major international airport, and a major telecommunications firm reporting issues.
Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator confirmed that the “large-scale technical outage” was caused by a problem with a “third-party software platform”. National broadcaster ABC also reported that its systems had been crippled by a “major” bug.
Images posted online showed large lines forming at Sydney Airport, which told media some airline operations and even terminal services had been suffered. Some self-checkout terminals at one of Australia’s largest supermarket chains displayed error messages. Telecommunications company Telstra stated some of its systems had been disrupted.
