Global IT Outage Is Making Air Travel A Nightmare Right Now – Including For Country Artists Trying To Make It To Shows

If you're supposed to be getting on a plane today, good luck. A massive IT outage hit Microsoft systems today, knocking out computers for airlines, hospitals, banks, and countless other users. The culprit is said to be an update malfunction from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, who has said it could be "hours" before the systems are back online. Now, normally this would be one of the biggest stories of the year, but at this point it barely even breaks the top 10 from this past week just because of how batshit crazy things have been lately. But it's still causing massive problems at airports across the country, forcing Delta, United and American Airlines to ground all flights and causing all kinds of problems at airports right now. https://twitter.com/US_Stormwatch/status/1814268813879206397 https://twitter.com/dom_lucre/status/1814249011294953596 https://twitter.com/ElijahSchaffer/status/1814257804976287848 As if air travel wasn't already enough of a nightmare. And of course some of those travelers are country artists trying to make it to shows on time. In fact, Craig Morgan has already announced that he's going to be forced to cancel his performance at Old Washington Music Fest tonight. https://twitter.com/cmorganmusic/status/1814304259271270582 Just brutal. If you have to travel today, good luck out there.