Worldwide tech outage affecting TF Green airport. Microsoft 365 working to fix problems

Seth Jacobson, USA TODAY NETWORK - New England
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Major airlines, media companies, banks and telecoms firms around the world reported systems outages Friday that were disrupting their operations.

Many flights out of Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport had been grounded this morning (Friday) due to the technology outage.

"Due to a global communication outage, many airlines are experiencing delays. The airport (PVD) is fully operational however, please check with your airline regarding flight status. The TSA checkpoint is open as are all airport parking and concessions operations," the airport wrote on Twitter, formerly known as X/.

Boston Logan Airport is also reporting problems.

Here's what to know.

What airlines grounded flights?

If you're scheduled to fly out of that airport, it's best to check ahead.

American Airlines, Delta Airlines and United Airlines were among those who grounded flights at different U.S. airports less than an hour after Microsoft said it resolved a cloud-services-related outage that impacted several low-cost carriers.

At T.F. Green, Breeze Airlines, Jet Blue, Delta, Southwest and American Airlines all have flights with the status "check with airline" as of 8:30 a.m. on Friday. Flights in the mid-morning and afternoon are mostly listed as on-time.

What caused this problem?

According to a report in USA Today, "the outages appeared to be linked to an update from cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike, which is used by over half of Fortune 500 companies, the U.S. firm said in a promotional video this year."

In a post on X, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said the outage was not a "security incident or cyberattack."

He explained it was connected to a "defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts." He said the issue has been "identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed."

Logan Airport was affected by today's outages.
Logan Airport was affected by today's outages.

What if my flight was canceled?

Reach out to your airline if your flight was disrupted.

Check your flight status before heading to the airport.

Frontier Airlines stated passengers whose flights were affected by the outage can request refunds.

Click here to check on your flight from T.F. Green.

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