It’s another day of misery for airline travellers, with more than 24,000 flights delayed and nearly 2,000 cancelled, a misery map shows, as airlines continue to grapple with the world’s worst technological disaster.
Saturday travelers are still dealing with a massive disaster, especially along the East Coast, as airports and airlines continue to recover from the Crowdstrike service disruption.
In the past two hours alone, 825 flights have been delayed in the United States, while 200 have been cancelled, leaving travellers frustrated. More than 100 of those cancelled flights originated in Atlanta.
It’s another day of misery for airline travellers, with more than 24,000 flights delayed and nearly 2,000 cancelled, a misery map shows.
Dallas-Fort Worth and Denver were also hit hard.
New York’s LaGuardia Airport canceled 13 percent of flights departing its terminals, and an almost equal number of flights arriving. JFK Airport is not far behind, with five percent of its inbound and outbound flights canceled, according to Flight Aware.
Also along the East Coast, Miami, Boston and Washington DC are leaving travelers scrambling to get home.
The West Coast is faring slightly better, with Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle all showing less than 10 percent of inbound and outbound flights canceled.
Several transportation services, businesses and government agencies are still working Saturday to recover from the Crowdstrike service outage that occurred Friday.
Those flying out of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (pictured) are bearing the brunt of the chaos, with more than 150 flights, or about 14 percent, canceled and more than 30 percent delayed as of Saturday.
In the past two hours alone, 825 flights have been delayed in the United States, while 200 have been cancelled, leaving travellers frustrated. More than 100 of those cancelled flights originated in Atlanta (pictured).
Nearly 50,000 flights around the world were cancelled on Friday and more than 5,000 were delayed.
Delta took X to provide its customers with an update today, writing: ‘We are continuing operational recovery today following a technology issue with a third-party vendor. For updates on itineraries, please visit our website or the Fly Delta app. A travel waiver is still in effect for those affected.’
British transport services are also still struggling to get back to normal.
Gatwick Airport said the “majority” of flights would take off today, while Manchester Airport is still manually checking luggage, according to CBS News.
The port of Dover is experiencing waiting times of several hours as an increasing number of passengers wait to catch ferries to France.
Several transportation services, businesses and government agencies are still working on Saturday to recover from the service disruption caused by Crowdstrike that took place on Friday (pictured: Chicago O’Hare Airport)
Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre has also warned citizens to be wary of phishing attempts by “opportunistic malicious actors,” according to CBS News.
German airline Eurowings is largely back to normal, but not entirely.
On Friday, the airline encouraged passengers to take trains after having to cancel around 20 percent of its flights.
US border crossings were also delayed on Friday due to the power outage.
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz issued an apology six hours after the “blue screen of death.”
“We deeply regret the impact we’ve caused to our customers, to travelers, to anyone who has been affected by this, including our company,” Kurtz said in an interview with Today on NBC.
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