An IT failure at Lufthansa stranded passengers and forced flights to Germany’s busiest airport to be cancelled or diverted on Wednesday, with the airline blaming botched railway engineering works that damaged broadband cables.
More than 200 flights have been cancelled so far in Frankfurt, a vital international transit hub and one of Europe’s biggest airports, a spokesperson for operator Fraport said. Lufthansa expects the situation to stabilise by evening.
Data from FlightAware showed 105 flights had also been delayed as of 1243 GMT. Photos and videos from several German airports showed thousands of passengers waiting to be checked in.
