(ANSA) - ROME, 11 SEPTEMBER - The Irish airline AerLingus was forced to cancel all flights scheduled since yesterday afternoon from Dublin to Europe and the United Kingdom, and some of those from Europe, due to a computer failure.
This was reported by the international media which also gave evidence to the many posts published on social networks by thousands of passengers left on the ground, accompanied by photos showing long queues at desks and protests.
In the evening, the company, apologizing for the inconvenience, made it known that the fault is being resolved and that the flights scheduled for oggio are expected to operate normally.
"Due to a serious incident with a network operator - the company said in a statement -, our cloud-based check-in, boarding and website systems are currently inaccessible. Unfortunately, this is causing a significant interruption of the services of Aer Lingus. As a result, all of our scheduled flights from Dublin Airport to destinations in Europe and the UK as of 14:00 (yesterday, ed.) Must be canceled ", adding that at this stage he did not know how long it would last. 'break.
Shortly thereafter, the company announced that its flights scheduled after 2pm from Europe to Dublin were also canceled, with the exception of those from Portugal and Spain.
Normal operation is expected for today and passengers who were unable to fly yesterday should be able to reach their destinations day after day.
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