British Airways cancel ALL flights due to global system outage

British Airways has cancelled all flights until 6pm today and are advising people not to come to the airports.
Hundreds of passengers are currently stuck in ‘huge’ check-in lines while others remain grounded on planes after the airline’s global computer system went down this morning.

Several passengers have reported that the captain and gate staff at Gatwick Airport said the airline could be under a cyber attack but BA have said there is no evidence of this.

People are now being advised not to come to the airports as all flights will remain suspended due to congestion.

A spokesman for British Airways told Metro.co.uk: ‘We have experienced a major IT system failure that is causing very severe disruption to our flight operations worldwide.

‘The terminals at Heathrow and Gatwick have become extremely congested and we have cancelled all flights from Heathrow and Gatwick before 6pm UK time today, so please do not come to the airports.

‘We will provide more information on ba.com, Twitter and through airport communication channels as soon as we can for flights due to depart after that time.We will be updating the situation via the media regularly throughout the day.

‘We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience this is causing our customers and we are working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible.’