Hong Kong International Airport back to normal operations after massive cyber outage

By Reuters July 19, 2024 | 09:59 pm PT

A Cathay Pacific aircraft takes off at the airport in Hong Kong, March 31, 2022. Photo by Reuters

Hong Kong International Airport has resumed normal operations after a mistake in a software update sparked hours-long outages in global computer systems.

The massive IT outage on Friday affected numerous industries ranging from banks to media companies, and services have been coming back online after the outage was resolved.

Airlines' passenger check-in systems, which had been affected by the global outage, have returned to normal, CCTV said in a Weibo post, citing Airport Authority Hong Kong.

The airport authority had said on Friday that affected airlines had switched to manual check-in and flight operations had not been affected.

Globally, 5,000 out of 110,000 scheduled commercial flights were canceled on Friday.