Operations resume at Bradley International Airport after global outage

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Operations have resumed Friday at Bradley International Airport after a global outage.

Earlier in the day, Bradley International Airport reported approximately 20 departure delays while the world contended with a major Microsoft and Crowdstrike outage .

“We are closely monitoring the situation. Passengers are advised to check the status of their flight with the airline,” a representative with Bradley International Airport said.

The glitch was a failed Microsoft update that crashed computers around the world. It was scariest for travelers who were in the air overnight.

The video below aired in the 6 a.m. hour.

Sierra Silversides was flying from Detroit to Providence.

“Our scheduled time to get to Providence was 1:05 in the morning. At 1:12, we were still in the air. They told us we had to emergency land on the tarmac here,” Silversides said.

Affected carriers said they could not communicate safely, so Delta, United, and American Airlines ground-stopped their flights. That meant none of their planes could take off.

At LaGuardia Airport, that led to agitated crowds all morning. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said while its systems were not affected by the outage, plenty of airlines were, and no one should head to Newark Liberty, JFK, or LaGuardia without first checking with their airline.

Passengers complain the airlines are not reaching out to them.

“We didn’t really receive any text messages or anything from them before we got here, so we were kind of stuck once we got here. Hopefully, we’ll be able to fly out soon.”

The entire Hartford Athletic soccer team was also hoping not to forfeit Saturday’s match against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds.

“We have an important game in Pittsburgh. Got the news that there’s a flight delay. Something we have dealt with in the past, but we’re hopeful that this gets started as soon as possible,” Hartford Athletic captain Jordan Scarlet said.

Tweed New Haven Airport officials said they are not affected by the outage.

News 8 has been reaching out to agencies across the state to see if they’ve been affected. Most have not, including the Connecticut State Police, the Yale New Haven Health System, West Haven 911 Center, and Tolland County 911.

However, Coventry police said their computers and all town offices and departments were affected during the early morning hours. They were able to get them back up and running before 8:30 a.m.

The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles said issues related to licensing transactions have been reported nationwide.

“Customers may experience delays when completing their transactions in-person and may experience error messaging when completing transactions online,” the agency said in an alert .

Around 7:15 a.m., Gov. Ned Lamont said they were assessing the impact the outage may have had on state computer systems.

The Connecticut Emergency Management & Homeland Security agency said the state is “managing through some effects” of the outage and will continue to monitor the situation.

Hartford HealthCare officials reported “minimal” impact across their system and patient care operations.

Representatives with the Federal Aviation Administration said they are closely monitoring a technical issue impacting IT systems at U.S. airlines.

“Several airlines have requested FAA assistance with ground stops until the issue is resolved,” they said.

CrowdStrike confirmed the outage was not caused by a cyberattack but by a defect in a single content update.

Globally, the outage is affecting banks, hospitals, 911 dispatch centers, ports and more.

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