What to Do If Technology Cancels Your Flight – the Recent Crowdstrike Microsoft Outage The recent Crowdstrike Microsoft outage caused widespread disruption beyond just computers, stranding thousands of air travelers. When Technology Cancels Your Flight, here’s what you can do next: The Impact of the Outage Air travelers posted pictures on social media of crowded airports in Europe and the United States due to the technology outage on Friday. In the U.S., major airlines like American, Delta, United, Spirit, and Allegiant had all their flights grounded for varying lengths of time. The outage affected crucial systems, including those for checking in passengers, calculating aircraft weight, and communicating with crews. Travelers began to panic. By early evening on the East Coast, nearly 2,800 U.S. flights had been canceled and almost 10,000 delayed, according to FlightAware. Worldwide, about 4,400 flights were canceled. Delta and its regional affiliates canceled 1,300 flights, United and United Express canceled more than 550 flights, and American Airlines canceled more than 450 flights. Airports became crowded zoos of passengers milling around waiting for answers. The outage, blamed on a software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, affected Microsoft’s computers used by many airlines. Despite CrowdStrike identifying and fixing the issue, the damage was done, leaving hundreds of thousands of travelers stranded. What to Do Next Contact Your Airline Check Other Airlines and Airports Weekend Flights Air Traffic Control Refunds and Reimbursements Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg emphasized the need for airlines to take care of passengers experiencing major delays. Airlines affected by the outage are offering rebooking, vouchers, refunds, and other assistance. The Transportation Department fined Southwest $35 million last year as part of a $140 million settlement for nearly 17,000 canceled flights in December 2022. The department maintains a “dashboard” showing what each airline promises to cover during travel disruptions. By taking proactive steps and utilizing available resources, travelers can navigate the challenges posed by this unexpected technology outage and find alternative solutions to reach their destinations. Like Related Posts Who is Salesforce? Who is Salesforce? Here is their story in their own words. From our inception, we’ve proudly embraced the identity of Read more Salesforce Marketing Cloud Transactional Emails Salesforce Marketing Cloud Transactional Emails are immediate, automated, non-promotional messages crucial to business operations and customer satisfaction, such as order Read more Salesforce Unites Einstein Analytics with Financial CRM Salesforce has unveiled a comprehensive analytics solution tailored for wealth managers, home office professionals, and retail bankers, merging its Financial Read more AI-Driven Propensity Scores AI plays a crucial role in propensity score estimation as it can discern underlying patterns between treatments and confounding variables Read more