Technology chaos at American Airlines: Flights stopped on Christmas Eve!
Technology chaos at American Airlines: Flights stopped on Christmas Eve!
After a serious incident on Christmas Eve, thousands of passengers of the American Airlines were faced with considerable travel interruptions when the US airline had to expose all flights for an hour due to a technical error in the network hardware. This led to chaotic scenes at the airports, as many travelers waited in vain for information about their flights.
Fortunately, the second largest airline Japan, All Nippon Airways (ANA), reported, contrary to other speculation, that their systems were not affected. A spokesman for Ana confirmed that there was no sign of a cyber attack on her networks. This was regarded as a calming news for passengers and the entire aviation industry, which has been increasingly confronted with malicious cyber activities in recent years, as meinbezirk.at reported.The events related to the American Airlines crisis nevertheless raise awareness of the weaknesses in the infrastructure of the airlines. Despite the concerns and uncertainties that arose through the technical problems, Ana remains unimpressed and continues her company without interruptions, which underlines the stability and reliability of the company, so
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