Due to a problem in Microsoft’s server, airline services have been affected across the world including India. Due to the problem in the servers of airlines across the world, the planes of many companies are not able to fly. Air services have been affected due to technical fault. According to Sydney Morning Herald, passengers are also not able to check-in at Sydney and Perth airports. Flightradar24 tracking data shows that planes are grounded in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. A Sydney Airport spokesperson said that the global technical fault has affected some airline operations and terminal services.
Indigo made this request
Domestic airline IndiGo has also said that since our systems are affected by the ongoing problem with Microsoft Azure, we are facing a very high number of contacts at the contact center. Please contact us only if your travel is within 24 hours. Services are also being disrupted at Delhi and Mumbai airports.
SpiceJet gave this message to the passengers
SpiceJet also said that we are currently experiencing technical challenges with our service provider, affecting online services including booking, check-in and booking functionalities. Due to this, we have started manual check-in and boarding processes at the airport. We request passengers planning upcoming travel to reach the airport earlier than usual to complete check-in at our counters. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by this and assure you that our teams are working diligently with our service provider to resolve these issues immediately. Thank you for your patience and cooperation during this time.
Millions of Windows users are facing problems
Millions of Windows users around the world are experiencing a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error. This causes the system to suddenly shut down or restart. Microsoft said in a message that the error is being caused by the recent CrowdStrike update. Microsoft said its outage began with a subset of its customers experiencing problems with multiple Azure services in the Central American region. Azure is a cloud computing platform that provides services for managing applications and services.
London Stock Exchange also affected
The London Stock Exchange has also been affected by this technical glitch from Microsoft. A statement posted on the exchange’s website this morning said that RNS – the exchange’s regulatory news service – is investigating a technical problem with the publication of announcements. It said that the RNS news service is currently experiencing a third party global technical problem, which is preventing news from being published on www.londonstockexchange.com. Technical teams are working to restore the service. Other services across the group, including the London Stock Exchange, continue to operate normally.
Services disrupted here too
- Rail services have come to a standstill in Britain. Ticket booking and check-in services at airports have been disrupted.
- Air services are disrupted in Australia and Germany.
- The broadcast of many TV channels in Britain stopped.
- Airport services are also disrupted in Spain.
- Emergency 911 lines are down in US states. Emergency 911 lines are down in the US state of Alaska, according to the state Troopers Service.
- Services at Hong Kong airport are disrupted. Turkish Airlines services are also halted.
- The Associated Press reports disruptions to its services
- Significant disruption to KLM flights
- CrowdStrike shares drop more than 12% in pre-market trading amid major global outages
- Widespread computer disruption on US hospital EMR systems
- Prague Airport reports disruptions and flight delays due to IT outage
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