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Microsoft said software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices.
One expert indicated it was the “largest IT outage in history” One expert said the scale of the problem was huge.
Around 200,000 people are set to be hit by delays and cancellations caused by the IT meltdown.
Hundreds of displaced airport passengers have descended on the Port of Dover in a bid to try to bypass the chaos.
TUI said its IT systems “remained unstable” and apologised to passengers.
Passengers on a Ryanair flight from Bristol to Portugal reported arriving at their destination only to find that no checked-in baggage had been loaded onto the plane.
There were also long queues to board at Heathrow , where the British Airways app did not allow passengers to check in.
Experts said chaos witnessed after the outage should come as a warning that societies need to prepare for more instances of widespread IT meltdown in the future.
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