Videos show long lines at airports after Crowdstrike tech issue
Travelers across the globe faced delays and cancellations as airlines were brought to a near halt.
- A Microsoft system outage took down the backend IT system at many airlines.
- The outage seemed to mostly affect airlines’ reservations and scheduling systems.
- Airlines will likely take some time – maybe days – to fully recover.
Thousands of flights were canceled and delayed across the country Friday as a Microsoft system outage took down the backend IT system at many airlines.
According to cyber security firm CrowdStrike, an update to its software affected Microsoft’s Windows operating system, which many airlines rely on for reservations, flight scheduling and other…