Hindustan Times (Amritsar)

Mumbai airport hit by network outage due to cable damage

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MUMBAI: Chaos erupted at Chhatrapat­i Shivaji Maharaj Internatio­nal Airport on Thursday as several flights were affected after the internet server crashed due to a damaged cable, prompting airlines to issue boarding passes manually. The server crashed at around 5pm and services remained disrupted for around 90 minutes.

Chaos erupted at Chhatrapat­i Shivaji Maharaj Internatio­nal Airport on Thursday and several flights were affected after the internet server crashed due to a damaged cable, prompting airlines to issue boarding passes manually.

The server crashed at around 5pm and services remained disrupted for around 90 minutes.

“The systems went off at around 5pm and were restored completely at 6.35pm,’’ an airport official said.

In a statement issued later in the day, the Mumbai Internatio­nal Airport Ltd (MIAL) said: “There was a network interrupti­on resulting from a cable cut during some constructi­on work in the city. This interrupte­d the various ticketing systems. All systems are now restored and working.” “The outage was for over an hour. Due to long queues, some delays could have happened,” an IndiGo spokespers­on said.

 ?? HT PHOTO ?? The crowd at Mumbai airport after a server crash affected services for more than an hour on Thursday.
HT PHOTO The crowd at Mumbai airport after a server crash affected services for more than an hour on Thursday.

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