Due to a major power outage at Microsoft Office, there are currently 24,000 delays and over 2,000 cancellations at airports across the United States.
A ground delay has now been put into effect until further notice.
CNN has reported that industry experts have said the global tech outages appear to stem from an issue with CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm that has Microsoft Windows among its clients.
A CrowdStrike representative has said this is not a security or cyberattack.
The Department, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said they are working with CrowdStrike, Microsoft and our federal, state, local and critical infrastructure partners to fully assess and address system outages.
Governor Dan McKee has since shared in a tweet that Rhode Island’s 9-11 system is fully operational, but some services may temporarily have longer wait times while they resolve the issue.