Check-in systems of Indigo, Air India and other airlines hit; airport message ‘puts’ it on Microsoft outage; what the message says

Flight operations of major airlines, including Indigo, Air India and others were severely disrupted on Wednesday (December 3) morning after check-in systems unexpectedly failed at multiple airports, including major hubs. This forced airlines to switch to slow manual procedures. The system outage affected airport check-in platforms simultaneously at various locations, leading to immediate flight delays, news agency PTI reported.

An announcement made to passengers at Varanasi airport blamed the outage on Microsoft, saying, “Microsoft Windows reports major service outages globally. IT services/ check in systems at airports are impacted.”