Australian airports thrown into chaos after major nationwide outage on Sunday
Australia’s airports have been thrown into chaos due to a major nationwide outage.
Australian Border Force experienced a processing system outage on Sunday morning.
“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 was resolved by 2pm (AEST).
Melbourne Airport posted on social media: “ABF system outage has been resolved.”
“Travellers are currently being processed.
“Thank you for your patience.”
An ABF spokesman said all systems were back online.
“Australian Border Force is working to fix the technical systems outage that affected travelers across the country this morning,” the spokesman said.
“The problem has been resolved at all airports and all systems are back online.
“The cause of the technical problem is being investigated.
“We want to thank travelers for their patience during this time.”
A Brisbane Airport spokesman said two flights to Auckland and Hong Kong were delayed but operations had returned to normal.
“Systems were impacted for approximately an hour, affecting both arriving and departing passengers at the International Terminal,” the spokesperson said.
Following the problem, additional personnel were assigned to Sydney Airport.
“We have deployed additional staff to the terminals to assist passengers and bring them forward in flight priority,” a Sydney Airport spokesperson said.
“We thank passengers for their patience while ABF works to resolve the issue.”
The outage comes after a global software issue was spotted Thousands of Airbus A320 planes were grounded on SaturdayJetstar canceled 90 flights across the country.
