Delays at Prague Airport due to major global IT outage

Some departures were delayed by several hours and two flights were suspended at Prague's Václav Havel Airport on Friday due to a global IT services outage, which caused airports, banks, hospitals, media outlets, and businesses around the world to grind to a halt.

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike admitted that a defect in one of its software updates was to blame. According to experts, the botched update, which was supposed to increase security, caused Windows to become unstable and caused problems for computers running Microsoft's Windows operating system. This had a domino effect on other global computer systems, including the GoNow check-in system at Prague Airport used by a large number of airlines, including Eurowings, Ryanair, and Vueling.

The airport wrote on social media site X that the situation was out of their control and they could not predict when things would improve. They asked passengers to be patient as check-in on the affected flights was having to be done manually or via substitute systems, a much slower process that was causing flights to be delayed.