Nearly 4,500 flights in and to the United States have been delayed, and nearly 1,700 have been cancelled due to the global computer blackout, which is also causing delays in customs inspections at airports in this country, according to authorities.
The FlightAware internet platform reported a total of 27,075 flight delays globally on Friday, July 19, 2019, 4,473 of which affected passengers to and from the United States.
It also reported a total of 2,819 flights cancelled globally, However, all these figures are changing minute by minute.
Airports such as Miami, the largest U.S. terminal for international cargo and the one with the most flights to Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as others in the country, have announced flight delays.
A faulty update to the CrowdStrike computer security platform occurred on the night of Thursday, July 18 It is the origin of the failure suffered in Microsoft systems that has affected companies around the worldfrom airports to companies and institutions around the world.
Miami International Airport (MIA) officials on Friday asked passengers to contact their airline to confirm the status of their flight before arriving at the airport.
The MIA also stressed that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operations “are also being affected nationwide.”
He stressed that “international passenger arrivals are currently processed manually at a slower pace.”
Some US airlines such as Delta and American Airlines began to resume their flights on Friday following an interruption due to a failure in Microsoft systems affected several sectors around the world, especially the air transport sector.
Delta Air Lines said that shortly before 8 a.m. some of its planes began taking off following briefly pausing at several international airports.
American Airlines also announced that it had safely resumed operations on Friday morning.
“Delta has resumed some flights following a supplier technology issue that impacted airlines and businesses globally,” the company said on social media.
Delta has resumed some flights following a vendor technology issue impacting airlines and businesses globally. We’ve issued a travel waiver and customers can monitor and manage their itineraries on or the Fly Delta app. For more info: https://t.co/GSbpUNpU9d
— Delta (@Delta) July 19, 2024
The airline stressed that it will facilitate flight changes and waive additional charges for affected passengers.
On the same social network, American Airlines said that they were able to reestablish their operations “safely.”
Airlines and airports have been the hardest hit, but the ruling has also affected banks, institutions, agencies and hospitals.
All flights of several major US airlines – including Delta, United and American Airlines – were grounded early Friday morning due to the blackout, which affected all flights of the country’s airlines, regardless of their destination.
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