Every delayed and cancelled flight from Manchester Airport on Friday, July 19 amid major IT outage
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA Microsoft Windows issue has caused problems in major airports around the world including Manchester Airport. The technical issue has also caused banks, telecommunications firms, TV stations, radio broadcasters and supermarkets to struggle with a blue screen of death error on computers running the software.
Many passengers have taken to social media to voice their complaints about delays and problems at airports amid the IT outage.
Ryanair have issued a statment to travellers stating that they are experiencing a 'disruption across the network due to a global third party IT outage' and have advised customers to arrive at airports at least three hours before their scheduled flight. READ MORE: LIVE: Sky News, Ryanair, trains, banks and supermarkets hit by global IT outage amid Microsoft Windows issues A spokesperson for Ryanair said: "We’re currently experiencing disruption across the network due to a Global 3rd party IT outage which is out of our control.
We advise all passengers to arrive at the airport at least 3 hours before their scheduled departure time. "If you're due to travel today and have not already checked-in for your flight, you can do so at the airport.
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