British Airways flights delayed as a result of ‘technical challenge’ | EUROtoday

British Airways passengers are stranded on the tarmac in a number of airports within the UK and internationally after a “technical issue” disrupted operations.

The issues began at round 17:00 on Monday, with passengers posting to social media that they have been standing within the chilly ready to seek out out what was taking place to their flights.

British Airways has confirmed there’s a drawback affecting a few of its pc programs that’s inflicting delays.

But it mentioned no flights have been at present being cancelled.

“Flights are operating and we’ll finish our schedule this evening as planned. No cancellations. Some delays. All of our critical operations are running,” BA mentioned in a press release.

Downdetector, an internet site that logs complaints with web sites that aren’t working, indicated a pointy improve in issues with the BA web site after 17:00.

It is just not clear how widespread the disruption is, however it’s reported to have affected flights globally, in addition to some home UK flights.

The journey skilled and journalist Simon Calder estimated the issues might be affecting tens of 1000’s of passengers, though the delays appear to be restricted to at least one to 2 hours for affected flights.

One passenger wrote on X that they have been “being made to stand on the tarmac in a very cold Verona waiting for an already delayed flight”.

Others mentioned they have been making an attempt to verify in for flights and the “systems are down” or that technical issues had prevented them from reserving flights.

Sources inside the airline recommend the scenario is being introduced below management, however there are considerations that delays this night might have a knock-on impact on Tuesday’s flights.

Some travellers commenting on social media mentioned that they had been advised that pilots have been unable to generate loading knowledge for his or her plane and have been struggling to get by means of to colleagues by cellphone.

A spokesperson for Heathrow Airport mentioned it was conscious of the technical issues at BA, however that its personal programs have been working usually.

It is just not the primary time BA has confronted extreme disruption as a result of an IT failure. In May final yr, flights have been grounded. An analogous factor occurred in spring 2017, disrupting Bank Holiday plans, and in February 2020.