GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A worldwide technology outage that is affecting banks, media outlets and airlines is being felt here in West Michigan.
The Gerald R. Ford Airport is experiencing delays and cancellations in both flight departures and arrivals.
The airport issued a statement Friday morning regarding the outage on their X account.
Many flights are only experiencing minor delays of under an hour, but some have delays of three hours. Only a few flights are currently listed as canceled on their real-time flight tracker.
It is unclear if the tracker is up to date and it might be a good idea to contact your airline or the airport directly to inquire about departure and arrival times.
Flights have been grounded nationwide with Delta, United and American Airlines flights grounded as of 3:30 am.
American Airlines issued a statement Friday morning that said it was aware of a "technical issue issue" with the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike "that is impacting multiple carriers.” United Airlines issued a statement early Friday morning that attributed delays in its flights to issues with "a third party," as well.
Just before 6:30 a.m., Delta announced it had paused its global flight schedule Friday morning due to a "vendor technology issue that is impacting several airlines and businesses around the world." Customers with flights scheduled for Friday were advised to keep checking their flight status via the Fly Delta app and Delta.com.