Microsoft outage hits services at Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram airports

KOCHI: Flight operations at Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram airports were severely affected following the Microsoft cloud services outage that took down computer systems at major establishments across the globe.

At least seven flights were cancelled and 11 others delayed in Kochi while three late evening flights from Thiruvananthapuram were cancelled. A number of flights also got delayed in the state capital.

“The flights cancelled at Kochi airport are 6E 695/HYD (IndiGO, Hyderabad); IX 1132/1130 BLR (Air India Express, Bengaluru); 6 E 435/472 BLR (IndiGO, Bengaluru); 6 E 169/742 HYD (IndiGO, Hyderabad); 6 E 144/6922 BLR (IndiGo, Bengaluru),