The U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s system is back online after crashing on Friday evening and causing massive delays at airports across the country.
‘The affected systems are coming back online and travelers are being processed,’ the CBP said in a tweet at 6.37pm ET.
‘CBP will continue to monitor the incident. There is no indication the disruption was malicious in nature at this time.’
Earlier in the evening, U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed on Twitter that they were experiencing a ‘temporary outage with its processing systems at various air ports of entry & is taking immediate action to address the technology disruption.’
The outage had impacted more than 10 major airports.
‘CBP officers continue to process international travelers using alternative procedures until systems are back online. CBP officers are working to process travelers as quickly as possible while maintaining the highest levels of security.’
LAX Airport tweeted: ‘@CBP systems are experiencing an issue which appears to be impacting multiple airports including LAX.
‘Officers are processing passengers manually so please check with your airline for the latest status of any flight impacts. More details as they become available.’
JFK Airport told a customer on Twitter: ‘Just to let you know Customs is experiencing a system shutdown nationwide. They are processing passengers manually until the system comes back online. Thanks for your patience.’
Newark Airport was also experiencing problems that was impacting their B and C Terminals, according to their Twitter. Passengers were being processed manually there.
Both Midway and O’Hare are experiencing issues in Chicago, sharing on Twitter that ‘alternative procedures are in place until systems are back up.’
Dulles Airport in Washington D.C. retweeted the CBP’s tweet about multiple airports experiencing issues. Numerous passengers shared photos of the packed airport and the chaos that was unfolding.
The Philadelphia International Airport also shared the CBP’s updates and advised customers to follow them for the most up-to-date notifications.
Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport was also among the airports impacted.
The San Francisco International Airport notified passengers traveling through the airport that the issue was impacting ‘international arrivals only.’
Even the Toronto Pearson International Airport announced that it ‘deployed extra staff in the terminals to assist passengers and we thank you for your patience’ as it was impacted by the crash as well.
It is not clear what caused the problem. Passengers are sharing pictures of enormous lines as they attempt to get back into the United States.
‘We all waited an hour and a half… what’s the point of traveling with my US passport,’ one person asked as they annoyingly waited in JFK’s airport.
An official source with the Customs and Border Protection agency told TMZ: ‘There is no indication of nefarious activity at this time.’ That said, CBP still doesn’t know why the system failed.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7365481/Computer-problem-causes-delays-airports-US.html
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