By: Cynthia Yu
On Friday July 19, 2024, worldwide airplanes were stopped from take off. Passengers were waiting impatiently at the airports. The defect was caused by a company called CrowdStrike who gave the software update for Microsoft.
The problem has been fixed by CrowdStrike, but that didn’t mean it didn’t cause a whole lot of mess. Over 1,500 flights were canceled. And caused a huge outage of the IT. The boss of CrowdStrike, George Kurtz apologized for the great cost of everything.
A spokesperson said British ministers are getting updates of the outage.
Has anybody else been affected by the IT outage?
On Friday 8:00 in the morning, the CBBC channel went off air, and sent a mistaken message.
On the channel, a blue screen appeared asking for CBBC viewers to go to the IPlayer instead.
At the same time, Sky News was also having the same problem of being unable to broadcast that morning on Friday.
Both of the channels were both back on air later in the day.
Trains and planes delayed because if IT outage
The IT outage affected transportations as well, because they couldn’t schedule trains or planes. Worldwide airports reported problems. Some train companies warned the passengers that their train rides could be delayed on their journeys.
On Friday morning, they posted on social media: “We are unable to access driver diagrams at certain locations, leading to potential short-notice cancellations, particularly on the Thameslink and Great Northern networks.”
Have schools also been affected by the IT outage?
Most schools remain on their normal schedules. A number of schools have spoken, and no big issues have happened with their operations since the IT outage. A Welsh government spokesperson stated, “We have had no reports of any major disruption. Today is lost day of term for many learners of Wales and so we do not anticipate any significant impact on education.”
GP surgeries struggling to make new appointments
The NHS said that emergency services were running as normal.
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