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US Flight Operations Disrupted by Microsoft OutageOn July 19, over 2,200 US flights were canceled and nearly 7,000 delayed due to IT failures linked to a Microsoft Azure disruption.
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- Several major US airlines, including Delta and United, temporarily grounded flights on July 19 due to an IT vendor issue.
- The outage affected systems for aircraft weight calculations, passenger check-ins, and call center phone lines, causing widespread delays.
- Frontier Airlines attributed the disruption to a faulty CrowdStrike update impacting Microsoft Windows services.
- Logistics companies FedEx and UPS also faced major operational challenges, whereas Southwest Airlines remained unaffected.
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