Thousands of passengers worldwide were stranded on Wednesday as Germany’s flagship carrier Lufthansa caused several flight delays and disruptions across the airports.
Due to damage to glass-fiber cables belonging to Deutsche Telekom during construction in Frankfurt, Lufthansa reported an IT system breakdown. Up to Wednesday afternoon, repairs would be required.
Following the software malfunction that required the
airline to schedule plane boarding with pen and paper and manage passenger
luggage digitally, Lufthansa shares fell 1.5%. Numerous German airports' photos
and videos depicted mayhem as thousands of travelers waited to be checked in.
According
to Lufthansa, “Currently, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group are affected by
an IT outage. This is causing flight delays and cancelations. We regret the
inconvenience this is causing our passengers.”
It
is anticipated that the IT system failure at seven German airports could cause
significant inconveniences, possibly even at the Munich Security Conference.
The Scandinavian airline SAS was also a victim of a hack on Tuesday night, but
it later claimed to have resolved the issue. In December, unidentified assailants
severed cables belonging to Germany's public railway, marking the second
instance of sabotage against Deutsche Bahn in as many months.
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