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Updated on July 19, 2024 at 5:05 p.m.
Sydney, Australia — A major outage wrought havoc on global computer systems on Friday, grounding flights in the United States, derailing television broadcasts in the UK and impacting telecommunications in Australia.
Major US air carriers including Delta, United and American Airlines grounded all flights on Friday over a communication issue, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Flights were suspended at Berlin Brandenburg airport in Germany due to a “technical problem”, a spokeswoman told AFP.
“There are delays to check-in, and flight operations had to be cancelled until 10 a.m. (0800 GMT),” the spokeswoman said, adding that she could not say when they would resume.
All airports in Spain were experiencing “disruptions” from an IT outage that has hit several companies worldwide on Friday, the airport operator Aena said.
