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| IT outage hits German airports, sparking huge delays for arrivals outside of the Schengen zone |
| 2025-01-07 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Airports across Germany have been hit by a IT outage that has sparked huge delays for arrivals outside of the Schengen zone. The outage has affected federal police systems used to check incoming passengers, Bild newspaper reported on Friday, citing the police. 'Our colleagues have to do a lot of things manually that the system used to do. 'We're still managing to get it done at the moment,' said a police spokesperson responsible for Frankfurt airport, Germany's busiest. Federal police were not immediately available for comment and the cause of disruption is not yet known. The report claimed police are carrying out security checks manually, increasing waiting times at the Frankfurt and Dusseldorf airports. The German WDR broadcaster said Dusseldorf Airport passengers have been forced to wait for at least two hours at immigration while others were being kept on the plane. 'At present, entry and exit are only possible with long delays for non-Schengen region,' said a Dusseldorf Airport spokesperson. According to the airport, both the main system and the backup systems have been affected and it is not known how long it will take to fix. It is currently not possible to enter Germany from outside the Schengen area, the airport told the broadcaster. EU destinations and destinations in the Schengen area are not affected. |
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