NEW DELHI, India, April 27 (NNN-PTI) – India’s state-owned carrier — Air India, Saturday (today), suffered a global shutdown, following a server breakdown, officials said.
The problem in the airline’s main server hampered operations and caused delay in its morning flights across the world.
“Due to a breakdown in our server system, some of our flights are getting affected all over the world. Work is on in full swing to restore the system. We sincerely regret inconvenience caused to passengers,” a statement issued by Air India said.
The glitch in the server left hundreds of passengers stranded at various airports.
“We were supposed to reach Mumbai around this time today, but so far there is no information from the airline, whether the flight will take off,” Sameer, a flyer stranded at Delhi airport said.
According to officials, the server has been down since 3:00 a.m. Saturday (local time), and the airline was unable to issue boarding passes to its passengers, at airports across the world.– NNN-PTI