Chaos as airports hit by major nationwide outage
Australia’s airports have been thrown into chaos due to a major nationwide outage.
In a message posted to Melbourne Airport’s Instagram account, the Australian Border Force said it experienced a processing system outage on Sunday.
“Australian Border Force has advised that a nationwide systems issue is expected affecting all arriving and departing passengers,” the message said. The statement was included.
“ABF is currently processing passengers manually.
“We are currently prioritizing flights to manage passenger flows.
“We appreciate passengers’ patience while ABF works to resolve this issue.”
The outage affected passport systems, but appeared to have been resolved around 2pm, ABC reported.
Melbourne Airport posted on social media: “ABF system outage has been resolved.”
“Travellers are currently being processed.
“Thank you for your patience.”
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