QCOSTARICA – The San Jose International Airport (SJO) and Guanacaste Airport (LIR) websites report all flight arrivals and departures running normally, not affected by the global tech outage that his airports, airlines, businesses, and emergency services worldwide.
According to various reports, the outages appear to stem at least partly from a software update for Microsoft Windows operating systems issued by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
CrowdStrike CEO, George Kurtz and Microsoft said the “underlying cause” has been fixed.
“This is not a security incident or cyberattack,” Kurtz said in the post.
CrowdStrike’s cybersecurity software is used by over half of Fortune 500 companies, including major global bank, the U.S. firm said in a promotional video this year.
According to Reuters and other international news agencies, the outages rippled far and wide. Airports in Singapore, Hong Kong and India said the outage meant some airlines were having to check in passengers manually.
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, one of Europe’s busiest, said it was affected, while airline Iberia said it had been operating manually at airports until its electronic check-in counters and online check-ins were reactivated. It said there had been some delays but no flight cancellations.
In the U.S., the FAA said the airlines United, American, Delta and Allegiant had all been grounded. Travelers at Los Angeles International Airport slept on a jetway floor, using backpacks and other luggage for pillows, due to a delayed United flight to Dulles International Airport early on Friday.
At Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci airport, some US-bound flights had posted delays, while others were unaffected.
Australia appeared to be severely affected by the issue. Outages reported on the site DownDetector included the banks NAB, Commonwealth and Bendigo, and the airlines Virgin Australia and Qantas, as well as internet and phone providers such as Telstra.
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