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The CrowdStrike outage, which began late Thursday, is still causing chaos, forcing Delta Airlines to cancel 1,250 flights yesterday on top of the 3,500 already cancelled. Reuters That reportedly left tens of thousands of Delta passengers waiting for new flights that could take days, forcing many to cancel or postpone their trips. Delta has not yet said when it will resume normal service.
Delta Air Lines has canceled 5,000 flights since Friday — a third of its scheduled flights — and postponed another 1,700. “In particular, one of our crew tracking-related tools was affected and we were unable to effectively handle the unprecedented number of changes caused by the outage,” Delta CEO Ed Bastian said.
CrowdStrike’s software update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, putting many into a boot loop that could only be recovered by a technician with physical access to the machine. CrowdStrike said the issue turned out to be a flaw in a sensor designed to detect malicious activity, “which caused a logic error, leading to a crash of the operating system.”
Delta Air Lines was the hardest hit among U.S. airlines, with United Airlines a distant second with some 266 flights, or 9%, canceled on Sunday.
United Airlines and Delta initially said they would not cover the costs for stranded travelers because the CrowdStrike crash was out of their control, but Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg later said they would not cover the costs. Intervened He also said he believes the situation is self-inflicted and that airlines should cover the costs of meals, travel and accommodation for delays of more than three hours, as required by law.
CrowdStrike announced today that a “significant number” of devices have come back online, and the company close We will roll out an automatic fix for the issue. Also, we will identify which are the most affected by the outage. Healthcare and other public services In the US and UK, the NHS Warn the patient “There may still be some delays.”
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