TLDR · MISCELLANEOUS
CROWDSTRIKE'S IMPACT ON AVIATION
Summary from the TLDR newsletter
An update to a sensor configuration by CrowdStrike on July 19 caused the largest IT outage in history. The outage affected many industries - this article looks at its impact on the US aviation industry. Delta was hit the hardest, followed by United, and to a significantly smaller degree, American. Southwest didn't appear to be affected by the outage at all. Delta took an extended time to recover and had to cancel thousands of flights in the days following the CrowdStrike update.