STORY: Multiple U.S. airlines see massive delays, cancellations amid global IT outage
SHOOTING TIME: July 19, 2024
DATELINE: July 20, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:17
LOCATION: CHICAGO, U.S.
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of airports in the U.S.

STORYLINE:

Multiple U.S. airlines said their flights were delayed or canceled on Friday due to technical issues involving cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike and Microsoft.
   
More than 10 airports in the United States experienced significant flight delays as of Friday afternoon, according to flight tracking platform Flight Aware.
   
John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport in New York City, as well as Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, had nearly three hours of delays for inbound flights, according to data from Flight Aware at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (0800 GMT) on Friday.
   
Departure delays eased at around 10 U.S. airports with waiting time of less than one hour in the afternoon.
   
According to Flight Aware, over 8,000 flights were delayed and more than 2,500 flights were canceled across the United States as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
   
Global total flight delays and cancellations reached as many as 36,627 and 4,122, respectively, data showed.
  
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Chicago, U.S.
(XHTV)