Brussels Airport
First Brussels, then Berlin and Heathrow. There are canceled flights and many others late. There are no indications about the authors of the attack.
Saturday morning is being complicated for those who want to travel by plane in Europe, in some of the main airports on the continent.
O Brussels Airport was the first hit by a computer attack against the ‘check-in’ and boarding service provider.
There is impacts on flight programming, the Belgian capital’s airport authority reported.
In a statement, Brussels airport said the attack, recorded on Friday night, also affected several European airportswithout further details.
Early in the morning, the airport confirmed the 10 flight cancellationtwo of them from/to Lisboa; and 17 were late, Not minimal, More than an hour.
Brussels airport has direct connections with Portuguese airports from Lisbon, Porto and Faro, operated by TAP, Ryanair, Brussels Airlines, Transavia and Tui Fly Belgium.
The incident caused ‘check-in’ and boarding operations to be carried out manually.
The authority admitted that the attack “has a Great impact In flight programming and, unfortunately, will cause delays and cancellations. ”
Therefore, he advised passengers with calls today to check the state of the flight with the airline, before traveling to the airport, and only moving if the flight is confirmed.
The airport of Berlin, In Germany, it is also having problems and delays.
In the United Kingdom, the airport of Heathrow He however warned that there are delays caused by “a technical problem” on an external supplier and asked passengers to check the state of the flight before traveling to the airport.
Nos Portuguese airports, “The airport operation takes place with normality”, He told Lusa’s official source of Ana Aeroportos de Portugal, adding that the company “is following and permanently monitoring the situation in other European airports”.
The attack targeted a company that provided check-in systems and boarding several airlines worldwide, explains.
There is still no information about the authors of the attack.
