debut: 11/14/02
195,013 runs
what a mess!
What we know about the outage's US impact
Airports, health services and businesses across the US have been knocked offline by the Microsoft outage caused by a CrowdStrike software update. Here’s what we know so far about impacts on the US:
The Federal Aviation Administration shut down operations due to the outage. There were about 110,000 commercial flights scheduled worldwide on Friday. By 6am ET, nearly 1,400 of them had been cancelled, according to reports.
In a statement on Friday, the FAA said that it is “closely monitoring a technical issue impacting IT systems at US airlines.” It added: “Several airlines have requested FAA assistance with ground stops until the issue is resolved.”
Airports, health services and businesses across the US have been knocked offline by the Microsoft outage caused by a CrowdStrike software update. Here’s what we know so far about impacts on the US:
The Federal Aviation Administration shut down operations due to the outage. There were about 110,000 commercial flights scheduled worldwide on Friday. By 6am ET, nearly 1,400 of them had been cancelled, according to reports.
In a statement on Friday, the FAA said that it is “closely monitoring a technical issue impacting IT systems at US airlines.” It added: “Several airlines have requested FAA assistance with ground stops until the issue is resolved.”
