Chaos around the world. Air transport companies, railways and media were affected due to a technical failure

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather - International airports, banks, and media outlets are currently suffering from a major outage in information technology systems.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> You may also be interested in:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/">Arab Weather: Weather status, news, and temperature today and tomorrow</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%8... weather news</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The impact of the outage on airports</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> At Australia&#39;s Sydney Airport, flights were halted, sparking chaos and uncertainty among travelers, United Airlines also stopped flying, and Berlin Airport announced on the X platform &quot;check-in delays due to a technical error.&quot;</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In Spain, a “malfunction” was reported at all of the country’s airports, as the airport operating company explained:</p><blockquote style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> “We are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible, and at the same time, operations continue with manual systems.”</p></blockquote><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In the United Kingdom, Edinburgh Airport experienced a service outage, as an error caused departure screens to malfunction, displaying outdated information about gate numbers and take-off times, causing some passengers to miss their flights. European airline Ryanair said it was facing “potential outages across... The network was affected by a &quot;third-party outage&quot; and advised travelers to check the company&#39;s app for updates on their flights. Amsterdam&#39;s Schiphol Airport reported a delay caused by an &quot;IT outage&quot;, with an airport spokesperson confirming that &quot;the service outage is having an impact on flights&quot;, adding that the number of flights affected had not yet been determined.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> A global technical failure... paralysis affecting airports and vital bodies and a defect in Microsoft&#39;s general system<br /> - <a href="https://t.co/vgREB89JSK">pic.twitter.com/vgREB89JSK</a></p> - News Update (@Updateksa) <a href="https://twitter.com/Updateksa/status/1814233390356303982?ref_src=twsrc%5... 19, 2024</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Impact of the outage on trains</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> A major train company has warned passengers to expect service disruptions; Due to &quot;widespread Internet problems&quot;. The British train company announced on social media that it is &quot;currently experiencing widespread IT problems across its entire network.&quot;</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Impact of the outage on the media</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sky News in the UK has been hit by an outage, halting live broadcasts this morning. The company&#39;s CEO confirmed that the channel was unable to broadcast due to the service outage. The Australian telecommunications company also indicated that it was also facing “disruption.”</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Microsoft position</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Microsoft announced that it is taking &quot;mitigating measures&quot; after service problems that began late Thursday night, according to Agence France-Presse. The company indicated that it is investigating issues related to cloud services in the United States, which affect many of its applications and services.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> See also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7-... do Europeans suffer in temperatures reaching 40 degrees when at the same time it is fairly normal in many countries?</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA-... reached 40 degrees Celsius... Southern Europe is witnessing scorching temperatures amid many warnings</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><hr /><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sources:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> bbc.com</p>