Long queues, frustrated passengers, significant delays were the norm across major airports globally as airlines scrambles to mitigate the impacts of the outage. Leading global airlines such as Delta and American Airlines issued a “global ground stop” on all their flights with experts working to return operations back to normalcy. Disruptions persist as airlines, media & banks hit by global IT outage Pulse Live KenyaFlights that were airborne were allowed to continue, with those that were yet to take off grounded. Companies including banks, hospitals and railway companies reported “widespread IT issues”. Within minutes of updating its virus scanner Falcon, several companies reported IT challenges with very adverse effects on computers running Windows software.

Source: Daily Nation July 20, 2024 14:51 UTC