The “single content update” CrowdStrike pushed to its Microsoft Windows hosts still has lingering effects on travelers more than 24 hours later. Airlines within the US and around the globe are still trying to get their operations back to normal. As of around 8am EDT, reports show nearly 2% of the 104,000 flights scheduled for today have been delayed or cancelled.
Check out this post on X (formerly Twitter) by Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) showing a 12-hour timelapse of the American Airlines, Delta and United during the CrowdStrike created outage…
12-hour timelapse of American Airlines, Delta, and United plane traffic after what was likely the biggest IT outage in history forced a nationwide ground stop of the three airlines. pic.twitter.com/wwcQeiEtVe
— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) July 19, 2024
The good news are airlines are restoring their services and returning to normal operations, but Friday’s damage toll had amounted to nearly 32,000 flights delayed and another 3,650 canceled by 1:30pm EDT according to FlightAware.
