A major IT outage has reportedly hit banks, media outlets, and airlines on Friday, causing chaos at airport check-in and cancelled flights.
Reports of outages have been streaming in from around the globe, with broadcaster Sky News off air in the UK.
The outage has also impacted global customers of Microsoft’s Azure and Office365 services, which first reported being hit about 18:00 ET on Thursday, or midnight CET.
In a post on X, the Big Tech giant said it was «investigating an issue impacting users ability to access various Microsoft 365 apps and services».
«We still expect that users will continue to see gradual relief as we continue to mitigate the issue,» it added.
Airlines such as Qantas in Australia and at least two low-cost carriers in the US — Frontier and Sun Country Airlines — have been forced to ground flights.
In Europe, users of Ryanair’s app and website also complained and not being able to check in on Friday morning, with a surge of reports noted on the outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
In a post on X, the airline confirmed it was «experiencing disruption» due to a «globe 3rd party IT outage».
Several European airports have reported IT issues, including Berlin Brandenberg Airport which has told customers to expect delays at check-in. At Edinburgh Airport in the UK, a computer error caused departure boards to freeze.
Our journalists are working on this story and will update it as soon as more information becomes available.
