Global IT Outage Impacts Banks, Media and Airlines

A massive global IT outage has affected various companies and services worldwide.

KLIA appears to have been hit by an IT system outage that has also affected other parts of the world. Several netizens took to Facebook and X to say that KLIA was also experiencing similar technical difficulties, resulting in long lines at check-in counters.

Meanwhile in the USA, American Airlines, which is the world’s biggest by passenger numbers, tells BBC that no flights are being allowed to take off, and that it is in contact with all flights that are currently in the air. It says the IT problems are because of a “technical issue with Crowdstrike that is impacting multiple carriers”.

Here are some key points:

Airlines and Airports:

Major US airlines like American Airlines, Delta Airlines, and United Airlines were grounded.
Airports in Germany, Amsterdam, and Spain also reported issues.
Edinburgh Airport experienced disruptions, with automated boarding pass scanners offline.
Some UK train services (Southern, Thameslink, Gatwick Express, Great Northern) faced widespread IT problems.