Hong Kong Airport Resumes Operations After Global IT Outage

Hong Kong International Airport has resumed normal operations after a security software update mistakenly caused global IT outages affecting various industries. The issue, which started on Friday, led to the cancellation of 5,000 flights out of 110,000 scheduled internationally. Airlines have since returned to normal operation.

Hong Kong International Airport has returned to normal operations, according to Chinese state media, after a security software update error led to hours-long global IT outages. This major disruption affected diverse sectors, including banks and media companies, but services have gradually resumed.

CCTV reported via Weibo that passenger check-in systems, impacted by the outage, are back online, citing the Airport Authority Hong Kong. The authority noted that despite affected airlines switching to manual check-in, flight operations remained unaffected.

On a global scale, the outage resulted in the cancellation of 5,000 commercial flights out of 110,000 scheduled for Friday.

(With inputs from agencies.)