Brussels Airport continued to suffer this Sunday alterations of air traffic with the cancellation of 44 flights whose departure was scheduled today and another 28 arrival. The computer attack against the Bruslense airport billing and shipping services has also caused cancellations and delays in Heathrow airports, in London, and in Berlin-Brandeburg, in Germany, and arrives after other previous cyber attacks that have affected public companies and entities throughout the world.
A total of 44 of the 257 flights that were going to start today from the Brussels airport were canceled, as explained to the local media the spokeswoman of Brussels, Ihsane Chioua Lekhli, who also pointed out that in addition to canceling 28 arrival flights, six others were redirected to the Belgian capital. This Sunday the long lines continued in the billing counters and the delays that affected other flights, despite the fact that the Bruslense airport has deployed additional personnel, because the computer attack has forced to manually do the operations of check-in and shipment.
At the moment it is expected that the alterations continue this Sunday, and it is unknown if the problem in the billing and shipping system can be solved for a standardization of the operations on Monday, according to the airport sources and the operating airlines.
The, without attribution of the authorship at the moment, occurred on Friday afternoon, reported the Belgian capital airport, and affected the external service provider specialized in data processing in the aeronautical sector Collins Aerospace, a filial of the American Defense Group RTX (previously known as Raytheon).
Berlin airport also dawned this Sunday with some problems derived from cyber attack, although it mobilized personnel to minimize the impact. The company responsible for the airport, Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH, affirmed that there may be “some problems” in the billing processes, since they must still be done manually. This situation can lead to delays, but at Berlin airport, according to those responsible, the situation was this fluid Sunday. “The processes since noon on Saturday stabilized, and now we have a relatively quiet and fluid situation for the check-insome airlines now use added material to do, ”they said from the company, which encouraged users to use self -service machines to bill suitcases.
This Sunday and Monday, however, the airport awaits a wave of departure travelers from the German capital after celebrating the Berlin Marathon, an international sporting event that summons tens of thousands of sports fans.
For its part, Heathrow airport, in London, has affirmed that “the vast majority of flights” have continued to operate despite the incidents, although it has also urged travelers to make checks no longer arrive at the aerodrome with too many hours of margin to avoid collapses.
Spanish airports operate “normally,” Sources from Aena have pointed out on Sunday, whose network has not been affected by the computer attack. Although in Spain, this Sunday, there have been some delays and specific cancellations in the connection with Brussels in Madrid-Barajas or Barcelona-El Prat, according to the Aena website, Fuentes de Iberia have indicated that they do not know that it is for cyber attack, but that there are restrictions by adverse weather at some points, which is affecting the operation.
On the eve of the computer attack, the European Emergency Commissioner and crisis preparation, Hadja Lahbib, called the European Union (EU) to invest in preparation before the “real and complex” current threats, after the cyber attack that has unleashed chaos in airports in Belgium, the United Kingdom and Germany. “Today’s cyberbocked [por el sábado]which has paralyzed airports throughout Europe, demonstrates how real and complex the current threats are. Our strategy reinforces coordination and supports Member States. We must invest in preparation to ensure that we are prepared for any eventuality, ”said Lahbib through a message on social networks.
