How did the global computer outage affect Arab countries?

The glitch, which social media users described as the “blue screen of death,” also affected various activities and sectors, from banks to media institutions.

The outage mainly hit institutions in the United States, Germany and Australia, and most Arab countries were not affected by the glitch. Here is a glimpse of how the outage affected Arab countries:

Saudi Arabia:

Saudi Arabia’s Nas Air announced that it was affected by a technical malfunction, which led to the delay of some flights.

Adel Airlines confirmed that its flight operations are being affected slowly during reservation services and travel procedures.

The UAE:

Dubai International Airport (DXB) is operating normally, despite a global system outage that affected check-in for some airlines at Terminals 1 and 2 this morning, a Dubai Airports spokesperson said.

The spokesman explained that the affected airlines immediately switched to an alternative system, allowing normal check-in operations to resume quickly.

Flydubai said its operations were not affected by the outage.

Emirates Airlines spokesman confirmed that there was no impact on the carrier’s flight operations as a result of the glitch.

Egypt:

The Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology confirmed that the country was not affected by the technical failure, and indicated that all Egyptian airports, ports, and banking services at all government banks are operating normally.

Lebanon:

Lebanese Minister of Telecommunications Johnny Corm confirmed to Annahar that “in the field of communications in Lebanon, we have not been affected because we do not use this program.”

– Airports are operating normally, and no flights have been delayed or cancelled.

Kuwait:

The Communications and Information Technology Regulatory Authority of Kuwait announced that it is working continuously in coordination with international and local authorities to understand the extent of the impact of this technical failure.

Kuwait’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation said it has activated its business continuity plan in crises following some flights were affected at Kuwait International Airport.

Morocco:

– A number of airlines operating in Morocco avoided the disruptions caused by the outage.

“Royal Air Maroc and low-cost carrier Air Arabia did not use Microsoft in their operations and were not affected by the outage,” sources said.

The world woke up today, Friday, to a technical glitch that paralyzed markets, airports and services around the world. Users of Microsoft services reported widespread internet outages.

The Microsoft outage is linked to a new update from CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity software company. This has caused disruptions across a range of sectors, with stock exchanges, airlines and banks the hardest hit.

Source: Agencies