Airports accumulate for the second day of disturbance

Air travelers face another day of disruption in several European airports, including Heathrow, after a cyber attack has eliminated a registration and luggage system.

There were hundreds of delays on Saturday after the software used by several airlines failed, airports affected on board passengers using pen and paper.

Brussels Airport said it had “no indication” when the system would be functional again and asked airlines to cancel half of their departure flights.

RTX, which has the Collins Aerospace software supplier Solve the problem as quickly as possible.

It has identified its Muse software – which allows different airlines to use the same recording offices and boarding doors at an airport, rather than requiring theirs – like the system that had been affected.

The company has not yet disclosed what has not worked or how long it expects the breakdown.

Heathrow said on Sunday that efforts to solve the problem were underway.

He apologized to those who had faced delays but stressed that “the vast majority of thefts continued to operate”, Exhort passengers to check their flight status before going to the airport and arrive in time.

The BBC understands that British Airways continued to operate as usual at the airport using a rescue system, but that most of the other airlines that have been affected by the failure.

There have been queues for several hours on Saturday and around 47% of Heathrow’s starting flights were delayed, according to Flight Tracker Flightaware. Additional staff was at hand in recording areas to help minimize disturbances.

Lucy Spencer told the BBC that she had laid down to check a flight from Malaysia Airlines for more than two hours, and that the staff checked passengers by phone.

Another passenger, Monazza Aslam, said that she had to wait since the early hours of the morning with her elderly parents, and that delays meant that they had missed their connection.

Brussels Airport said that manual recording would continue on Sunday and that additional staff had been written to help minimize the disturbances.

He said 44 departure flights had been canceled so far on Sunday, and that he was planning long queues during the registration and new delays.

The Combined Aviation Safety Organization in Europe, Eurocontrol, said that airline operators were invited to cancel half of their flight hours to and from airport until 2:00 a.m. on Monday due to the disruption.

Meanwhile, Dublin airport said that if the technical problems persisted and some airlines continued to register manually, it expected to manage a full schedule on Sunday.

A spokesperson told the BBC: “Passengers are advised to contact their airline directly for updates to their flight.”

Berlin Brandeburg Airport asks travelers to use an online or self-service recording instead of offices while the breakdown is underway.

He said that there had been eight cancellations inside and outside the airport on Saturday, but that delays were generally less than 45 minutes.

Easyjet and Ryanair, who do not work from Heathrow but are among the largest airlines in Europe, said SATURDAY that they worked as usual.

A spokesperson for the National Cyber ​​Security Center said On Saturday, he worked with Collins Aerospace, hit British airports, the Ministry of Transport and the law forces to fully understand the impact of the incident.

The European Commission, which plays a role in the management of airspace across Europe, said that it “closely monitored the cyber attack”, but that there was no indication that it had been “widespread or severe”.

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander also said She was aware of the incident and “received regular updates and monitored the situation”.

It was not until last July that a global IT accident due to a defective software update of the Cybersecurity Company Crowstrike disrupted the disruption of aviation, implementing thefts across the United States.

Analysts said at the time that the incident stressed how industry could be vulnerable to problems with digital systems.