NEW YORK (PIX11) – A worldwide Microsoft outage has left flights grounded and people unable to access their banks Friday morning.
The outage is believed to be related to cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike, which announced it was working on a fix to be deployed to computers that run on Microsoft Windows.
But are services in New York City affected by the outage?
The mayor's office told PIX11 News in a statement that emergency operations, like 911, aren't impacted by the outage.
"We’re aware of the global technical outage involving CrowdStrike and are currently assessing the full impact it may have on city operations."
Office of the MayorThe FDNY isn't experiencing any significant impact on operations, the agency told PIX11 News, but dispatchers and field units are communicating over department radios.
Port Authority also isn't affected by the outage, but many airlines are experiencing delays and cancellations.
"Air travelers are advised NOT to head to the airport unless their flight status is confirmed. Check the FAA site for updated airport status such as delay or cancellation numbers."
Port Authority of New York and New JerseyYou may not be able to check for the status of your train or bus in New York City. The MTA announced on X that some customer services are temporarily offline due to the outage.
"Some MTA customer information systems are temporarily offline due to a worldwide technical outage. Train and bus service is unaffected. Please listen for announcements in your station, on your train, or on your bus."
MTA on X
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