If you’re watching or reading the news, then you already know about the global IT outage, being called the “largest IT outage in history.” So far, there are over 3,000 flights canceled today. Here’s what to do if you’re traveling today.
My family and I got lucky because we were supposed to be on an American Airlines (AA) flight from Chicago to Los Angeles today, after being away from home for a month. However, our trip got cancelled so instead, we flew back to L.A. from Toronto on Wednesday (via Chicago). Our flight was just delayed 45 minutes, which is minuscule compared to what travelers are dealing with today.
The ORD-LAX flight we were originally booked on was canceled, which meant we would have been stuck for days. We probably would have had to split up in middle seats since there are no seats available as this is peak travel season. Twelve days ago, the TSA just broke their all-time record for the number of passengers passing through security checkpoints in the United States.
Here’s some video taken by travelers at airports around the country and posted to social media:
Atlanta (ATL)
Passenger lines stretching seemingly from miles @ATLairport @Delta pic.twitter.com/FcS8ZIQds9
— Tom Haynes (@TomHaynesFox5) July 19, 2024
Baltimore’s BWI
Post by @thedmvdailyView on Threads
Chicago O’Hare (ORD)
Post by @mattgutmanabcView on Threads
Dallas’ DFW
Kiosks at the Delta ticket counter of DFW being restarted after showing the “Blue Screen of Death.”
Long lines are backing up as several airlines deal with the #CyberSecurity outages. @wfaa pic.twitter.com/mkwjLx1LkT
— Chris Sadeghi (@chrissadeghi) July 19, 2024
Los Angeles (LAX)
A global tech outage forced ground stops at airports around the world, which has left passengers at LAX stranded and frustrated: https://t.co/CI2CptCRDt pic.twitter.com/lDsjg23lPC
— KTLA 5 Morning News (@KTLAMorningNews) July 19, 2024
New York’s JFK
yall cant even really see how bad this shit is here but omg #jfk pic.twitter.com/iWikrN5dUD
— rizzy mcguire❣️ (@ITgurlMia) July 19, 2024
San Francisco (SFO)
This is your customer service line in SFO rn
This is the third line we’ve lined up for, but keep getting rerouted and virtual customer support was also a broken experience pic.twitter.com/7pyIzzQjRq
— AJ Chan (@itsajchan) July 19, 2024
Timelapse of American Airlines, Delta, and United plane traffic
One of the videos that really shows the impact is this FlightRadar24 “12-hour timelapse of American Airlines, Delta, and United plane traffic after what was likely the biggest IT outage in history forced a nationwide ground stop of the three airlines.”
12-hour timelapse of American Airlines, Delta, and United plane traffic after what was likely the biggest IT outage in history forced a nationwide ground stop of the three airlines. pic.twitter.com/wwcQeiEtVe
— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) July 19, 2024
This is crazy, no doubt, but one person put it all in perspective with their comment, which said: “Could be worse, my son & wife are in the hospital since last night in active labor and with no computers/operating rooms that are functional!”
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