Global tech outage: Nigerian passengers stranded as foreign airlines cancel, delay flights

BUSINESS DAY

Passengers travelling from Nigeria to other parts of the world on Friday were stranded as several foreign airlines delayed and cancelled flights as a result of a global technology outage caused by a faulty software update.

At the heart of the massive disruption is CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm that provides software to thousands of companies worldwide.

Delta Airlines, the largest U.S carrier delayed its Lagos-Atlanta flight, pushing the departure time from 12noon to 3pm on Friday.

The affected passengers were accommodated in hotels while some had to return home.

In a statement by the airline, it stated that “All Delta flights are paused as we work through a vendor technology issue.”

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