https://gizmodo.com/delta-becomes-second-airline-in-a-week-to-ground-us-fli-1791764835
Despitesome reportsreferencing a cyber plan of attack , an air hose spokesman tells theBBCthat there is no evidence of that at this time . rider traveling from Heathrow and Gatwick airdrome have been asked not to go far before 18:00 BST . Anyone traveling after that clock time has been instruct to hold in their flight of stairs status before coming to the progressively congested airports . Social media userswere reporting that the airline ’s site was down but it appear to be process now . selective information on refunds canbe found here . Some British Airways flight are reportedly still arriving and other airlines have not been affected by technical problems .
No check in . No handbag working . waiting line everywhere . Planes cancelled . No information . No helper . Not even a tannoyMassive@British_Airways#failpic.twitter.com / xkwy5ZSOLV
— Chris Ship ( @chrisshipitv)May 27 , 2017
Twitter is replete with complaints from passengers who were stuck in the cabins of drag one’s feet airplane . Journalist Martyn Kenttweetedthat his flight waited on the tarmac for an time of day and a one-half before the captain herald that a “ ruinous ” IT failure had pass off .
This isthe sixthmajor problem technical trouble to dispatch British Airways this year . We ’ll update this mail if more selective information on the case of the outage becomes uncommitted . Until then , it ’s good to take rumors of a cyber flack with a grain of table salt .
Update 5/27/17 6:30pm ET : British Airways has cancel all flights from Heathrow and Gatwick airports for Saturday . The company claims that all customers who require a refund will receive one and it hopes to reassign rider to new flight on Sunday . No timetable for when the IT problems will be resolved has been publish . The airline ’s chairman and CEO Alex Cruztweeteda personal excuse for the delays .
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— British Airways ( @British_Airways)May 27 , 2017
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