The situation improved on Sunday at several European airports, including those of London, Berlin and Dublin, the day after a cyber attack against the software provided by a company for the recording of passengers.
On the other hand, air traffic remained interrupted on Sunday at the Brussels airport, where 45 257 flights were canceled at the beginning, including six confused, and delays included “between 30 and 90 minutes,” said an airport spokesman.
However, waiting times remain “manageable” thanks to these cancellations and the preparation of couples, “he added.
However, in other parts of Europe, the situation was in the improvement process.
The “vast majority of flights” continued to ensure thanks to the collaboration with the companies, according to a press release on Sunday at Heathrow airport in London.
The same happens in Dublin, where the airport indicated in X hopes to operate normally throughout Sunday.
In Berlin, “everything now works without incident and without any problem,” according to a press release from the airport. “All airport members, airlines and stopping companies have now adapted to the situation.”
However, all these airports ask passengers to communicate with their companies and arrive sufficiently in advance to take their flight.
Without explanations
“We are informed of a cyber origin disturbance in our Muse Software in several airports,” the Collins Aerospace Company said on Saturday in a brief statement, adding that the impact “was limited to the electronic recording of customers and luggage deposit.”
The company gave no more precision on the terms and origin of this incident.
On its website, the Brussels airport, however, spoke of a “cyber attack” that happened “Friday night.”
This forced companies to manually carry out registration and shipping operations, which resulted in delays and cancellations.
On Saturday, according to the images taken by the AFP, important queues were formed near the registration counters at the Brussels airport.
The same occurs at Heathrow Airport, the main international airport in the British capital, long lines were also visible against most terminal 4.
However, Eurocontrol, a surveillance organization of the airlines, had indicated that “there were no restrictions on air traffic control in the European network” due to the incident.
Collins Aerospace says that it works to solve the incident “as quickly as possible.” The company, a particular specialist in data processing in aeronautics, is a subsidiary of the Aerononutical and Defense RTX (Ex-Raytheon). It provides its registration services in 170 airports worldwide, according to its website.
Several cyber attacks and digital breaklands have interrupted air transport in the world in recent years, the sector depends more and more on digital systems.
Source: BFM TV
