Travel plans affected by the world’s worst-ever tech outage? Misery map shows which flights canceled amidst Microsoft chaos
It’s another day of misery for air travellers, with more than 24,000 flights delayed and nearly 2,000 cancelled, a disaster map shows, as airlines continue to grapple with the world’s worst technological disaster.
Travelers on Saturday are still facing a massive disaster, especially along the East Coast, as airports and airlines continue to recover from the Crowdstrike outage.
In the past two hours alone, 825 flights have been delayed in the US, while 200 have been cancelled, leaving frustrated travellers. More than 100 of those cancelled flights originated in Atlanta.
It’s another day of misery for air passengers as more than 24,000 flights have been delayed and nearly 2,000 cancelled, a misery map shows
Dallas-Fort Worth and Denver were also hit hard.
New York’s LaGuardia canceled 13 percent of flights departing from its terminals, and nearly as many of those arriving. According to Flight Aware, JFK Airport is not far behind, with five percent of arriving and departing flights canceled.
Travelers along the East Coast, in Miami, Boston and Washington DC, are also having trouble getting home.
The West Coast is faring slightly better, with less than 10 percent of inbound and outbound flights to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle canceled.
Several transportation services, companies and government agencies are still working Saturday to recover from the Crowdstrike outage that occurred on Friday.
Those departing from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (pictured) are experiencing the most chaos, as more than 150 flights, or about 14 percent, were canceled and more than 30 percent were delayed on Saturday.
In the past two hours alone, 825 flights have been delayed in the US, while 200 have been cancelled, leaving frustrated travellers. More than 100 of those cancelled flights were from Atlanta (pictured)
Nearly 50,000 flights were canceled worldwide on Friday and more than 5,000 flights were delayed.
Delta took over X to provide its customers with an update today, writing: “We are continuing our operational recovery today following a technology issue from a third-party vendor. For route updates, please visit our website or the Fly Delta app. A travel waiver is still in place for those who have been impacted.”
Public transport in Britain is also still struggling to get back on schedule.
Gatwick Airport has said “most” flights are due to depart today, while Manchester Airport is still manually checking baggage, according to CBS News.
At the port of Dover, waiting times are hours long as more and more passengers want to take the ferry to France.
Several transportation services, companies and government agencies were still working Saturday to recover from the Crowdstrike outage that occurred on Friday (Photo: Chicago O’Hare Airport)
According to CBS News, Britain’s National Cyber Security Center has also warned citizens to be wary of phishing attempts from “opportunistic malicious actors.”
German airline Eurowings is flying largely according to schedule again, but not completely.
On Friday, the airline encouraged passengers to take the train after about 20 percent of its flights were canceled.
US border crossings were also delayed on Friday due to the power outage.
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz apologized six hours after the “blue screen of death.”
“We deeply regret the impact this has caused to our customers, travelers and everyone affected, including our business,” Kurtz said in an interview with NBC’s Today.