CLEVELAND — We're tracking a major global tech outage that's affecting everything from flights to banks to broadcasting and more -- and the impacts are being felt at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
If you have a flight out of CLE, you can check your flight status HERE.
As of midnight Saturday, the site FlightAware shows that 125 flights at Hopkins Airport have been delayed, while 47 have been canceled.
3News' David Greenberg was at the airport throughout the early morning hours where some impacted passengers told him they were being patient and going with the flow.
Greenberg also said he talked with a passenger who said United was providing hand-written boarding passes.
A Frontier flight to Houston from CLE was the first to take off amid the issues, Greenberg reported shortly after 6:30 a.m.
It comes as the Associated Press reports that the technical outage is impacting users worldwide, including airlines, banks and more.
Both American Airlines and United issued statements about the situation earlier Friday morning.
AMERICAN AIRLINES
"We're aware of a technical issue with CrowdStrike that is impacting multiple carriers," the airline said in a statement shortly before 4 a.m. "American is working with CrowdStrike to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and apologize to our customers for the inconvenience."
The airline then provided this update shortly before 6 a.m.
"Earlier this morning, a technical issue with a vendor impacted multiple carriers, including American. As of 5:00 a.m. ET, we have been able to safely re-establish our operation. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience."
UNITED AIRLINES
"A third party software outage is impacting computer systems worldwide, including at United," the airline said shortly before 4 a.m. "While we work to restore those systems, we are holding all aircraft at their departure airports. Flights already airborne are continue to their destinations."
United then posted the following update as of 6:26 a.m. Friday:
"A third-party outage is impacting computer systems, including at United and many other organizations worldwide. As we work to fully restore these systems, some flights are resuming. Many customers traveling today may experience delays. We have issued a waiver to make it easier to change your travel plans at http://United.com or the United app. Waiver: http://uafly.co/alerts"
United lists the following impacted airports:
- Cleveland, OH, US (CLE)
- Denver, CO, US (DEN)
- New York/Newark, NJ, US (EWR)
- Frankfurt, DE (FRA)
- Guam, GU, US (GUM)
- Honolulu, HI, US (HNL)
- Washington, DC, US (IAD)
- Houston, TX, US (IAH)
- Los Angeles, CA, US (LAX)
- London, GB (LHR)
- Orlando, FL, US (MCO)
- Chicago, IL, US (ORD)
- San Francisco, CA, US (SFO)
"If your flight is affected, here are your options: You can reschedule your trip and we’ll waive change fees and fare differences," according to United's site. "But, your new flight must be a United flight departing between July 18, 2024 and July 25, 2024. Tickets must be in the same cabin and between the same cities as originally booked."