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Mass worldwide IT outage affects airlines, media and banks
Microsoft says it's taking "mitigation action" but the cause of the mass outage is unclear.
First departure board information screens went blank - with at least one airline, Jetstar, announcing it could not check passengers in. About half an hour later Virgin Australia said there had been a “total ground stop” with “no flights going in or out”. In perhaps stereotypical Australian fashion, I overheard one passenger say he was a bit disappointed not to be squeezing in a couple of extra Friday night airport beers.
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