The five-hour shutdown of Air India's check-in software, which occurred on Saturday morning, is still causing a ripple effect as the airline said 137 flights will be running late on Sunday, 28 April.
Thousands of passengers had a harrowing time on Saturday morning at airports across the world as Air India's passenger service system (PSS) software, which looks after check-in, baggage and reservation, did not function from 3:30 am to 8:45 am due to a technical glitch.
As the passenger service system (PSS) software shut down for six hours on Saturday, a total of 155 flights were delayed for an average duration of two hours till 8:30 pm.
An Air India spokesperson said:
The airline's chairman and managing director (CMD) Ashwani Lohani said he expects normalisation of operations by Saturday night.
The average number of flights that Air India group, which also includes subsidiaries Alliance Air and Air India Express, flies daily are around 674.
The glitch left scores of fliers stranded and impatient, with many taking to Twitter to express their anguish over the delay.
(With inputs from PTI)
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