A worldwide Windows glitch has taken much of the world’s infrastructure offline.
Flights are grounded and TV channels including Sky News have been taken off air.
Everything from banks and payment companies to airlines and train companies said that they would see delays and technical issues.
Microsoft 365 said that it was investigating the problem and “continue to take mitigation actions”.
Almost 1,400 flights cancelled worldwide
There were around 110,000 commercial flights scheduled across the world today – as of 11:00 BST, 1,390 have been cancelled, according to aviation analytics company Cirium.
Here’s a national breakdown – we hope to have up-to-date UK figures soon:
- US: 512 flights cancelled so far
- Germany: 92
- India: 56
- Italy: 45
- In Canada: 21
Sky News comes back online after 34 minutes
Sky News has returned back to air after the broadcaster was affected by the major IT outage affecting businesses across the world.
After welcoming viewers back to the channel, the morning anchor reported on the news saying: “A major global IT outage is hitting businesses worldwide, including here at Sky News.”
The presenters referred to printed out notes during the report on Friday morning as the broadcaster got back on its feet.
Sky News’ online page, YouTube and TV channel previously displayed an apology for the interruption to the broadcast.
Following the outage, a Sky News spokesperson said in a statement to the PA news agency: “Sky News has not been able to broadcast live TV this morning, we apologise for the interruption.
“All the news is still available online, on the Sky News app, website, and across our social media accounts.
“We are working hard to restore all services.”
During the disruption, Sky News sports presenter Jacquie Beltrao shared a photo of the breakfast team in a post on X, formerly Twitter, and said the team were “obviously not on air” but that they are “trying” to return.