"Passengers at London Heathrow airport and those in Brussels and Berlin faced another day of delays on Sunday after an alleged cyber-attack hit check-in desk software. Airlines were forced to revert to manual check-in from Friday night after the alleged attack hit Collins Aerospace, which provides check-in desk technology to various airlines. Airports urged customers to check the status of their flights before travelling and asked passengers to arrive no earlier than three hours before long-haul flights and two hours before shorter journeys."
"There were 35 cancellations on Saturday and 38 by mid-morning on Sunday across Heathrow, Berlin and Brussels, according to the aviation data company Cirium. At Heathrow more than 130 flights had been delayed by 20 minutes or more by 11am on Sunday morning, according to the data company Flightradar24. Thirteen flights were cancelled on Saturday, although the vast majority of hundreds of flights were delayed."
An alleged cyber-related incident at Collins Aerospace disrupted check-in desk software, forcing airlines to revert to manual check-in from Friday night. Airports urged passengers to check flight status and to arrive no earlier than three hours for long-haul and two hours for shorter flights. Airlines continued manual check-in but the outage caused widespread disruption: 35 cancellations on Saturday and 38 by mid-morning Sunday across Heathrow, Berlin and Brussels, with more than 130 Heathrow flights delayed by 20 minutes or more. Heathrow added extra staff and said the underlying problem was outside its control. Previous high-profile hacks have impacted Jaguar Land Rover, Marks & Spencer and the Co-op.
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