Microsoft Outage Disrupts Flight Operations, Arjun Rampal Stranded At Mumbai Airport: Watch

Arjun Rampal was among the several passengers who were affected by the massive global Microsoft outage. The disruption in IT services has caused multiple flight delays, flight cancellations and long queues for boarding. Arjun Rampal shared his travel woes as he had to book another flight for flying out of Mumbai. 

Arjun Rampal stranded at Mumbai airport  

On July 19, Arjun Rampal was among the several passengers who were stranded at the airport. The actor was spotted at the Mumbai airport sharing his travel woes. He told ANI, that he had missed out on one of the flights due to a delay and was now going to board another one. 

Arjun Rampal told ANI, "Their servers are down, I don't know what has happened. I also have a ticket for another airline. I am going there..." The video is now doing rounds on social media. 

Microsoft outage leaves hundreds of passengers stranded 

A global Microsoft outage on Friday led to disruptions in airline operations, flight cancellations and long queues of passengers outside airports and at check-in counters. Services like booking, check-in and boarding processes, including the issuance of boarding passes, are being carried out manually, which is taking longer than expected time and leading to long queues at airports. "The Microsoft/CrowdStrike outage has taken down most airports in India. I got my first hand-written boarding pass today," said IndiGo passenger Akshay Kothari in a post on X displaying his manual boarding pass.

According to preliminary data by aviation analytics firm Cirium on the global IT disruption, 56 flights were cancelled out of 3,652 flights scheduled from Indian destinations. This does not include inbound flights to India. Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu assured the passengers that the ministry and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) are actively managing the situation using manual methods to ensure minimal disruption. The minister said that instructions have been issued to private airlines to inform passengers about the disruptions promptly. The impact was more on passengers flying out of high-density airports like Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai. Amid a massive global outage that hit operations of airlines, banks and businesses across the globe, Microsoft on Friday said it is aware of the issue affecting Windows devices due to an update from a third-party software platform.
(With inputs from PTI)