Schiphol airport, Brussels airport affected by global cyber outage

19/7/2024 16:26

        Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, one of Europe's busiest hubs, is being affected by a global cyber outage, a spokesperson said on Friday.
        
        "The outage has an impact on flights flying from and to Schiphol," he said, adding that it was not yet clear how many flights were affected.
        
        Belgian media said Brussels airport was affected as well.
        
        "It concerns a malfunction of the Microsoft Azure system, which many airlines use to check in baggage," Brussels Airport told Belgian broadcaster VRT, adding it is now using an alternative software program but that this might result in slightly longer queues at check-in.
        
        When contacted by Reuters U.S. software firm Crowdstrike in a recorded phone message on Friday said it was aware of reports of crashes of Microsoft's Windows operating system relating to its Falcon sensor.