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Heathrow among major airports hit by delays after cyber attack
Heathrow was among a number of major airports across Europe hit by delays after a suspected cyber attack that targeted a service provider for check-in and boarding systems.
The "technical issue" affecting Collins Aerospace, which provides check-in and boarding services for various airlines, resulted in 14 flights being cancelled at Brussels Airport on Saturday, and several more being delayed at London Heathrow, Berlin, and Dublin, among others. Passengers reported being unable to check in online, instead queuing for hours for staff to deal with them manually at desks and departure gates, only to be told their flights are not taking off.
Read more from Sky NewsDublin Airport reopens after emergency evacuationMoment British couple freed by TalibanTrump to add $100,000 fee for foreign worker visas Heathrow Airport said in an update in the early hours of Sunday morning that "work continues to resolve and recover" from the outage. "We encourage passengers to check the status of their flights before travelling to Heathrow." Helen Steel, 49, left Dorset for Heathrow at 3am to travel home to Oslo, with her cat Thomas - but was "shouted at by staff" who told her she would not be able to fly until Sunday.
Describing the situation as an "absolute nightmare.
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