Thousands of Lufthansa Airlines passengers are stranded in Germany. While departures and arrivals to Frankfurt Airport were stopped, more than 120 flights were cancelled. About 80 flights were also delayed. The company confirmed the outage on Twitter.
Thousands of Lufthansa passengers stranded due to system failure!
Lufthansa, one of Germany’s largest airlines, suffered an unfortunate accident. An accidentally cut optical cable disrupted flights and left thousands of passengers stranded at airports. More than 120 flights were canceled because of this. Passengers had a hard time in Frankfurt, which serves as the largest airport in the country and is an important airline hub for international travel.
Bloomberg reports that several Deutsche Telekom AG fiber optic cables were cut during the construction of the Deutsche Bahn train station in Frankfurt. Lufthansa made a statement about the cut from its social media account. The company tried to find a solution by directing the affected passengers to the appropriate train services or by recommending a different flight reservation.
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All flights suspended
“During construction work in Frankfurt, fiber optic cables belonging to a telecommunications service provider were damaged,” Lufthansa wrote in an email. confirmed the reason for the outage, using his statements. He also emphasized that efforts are underway to rectify this situation as soon as possible.
In addition, the company stated on its website that all flights to Frankfurt were suspended and some flights to and from Munich were also cancelled, and advised passengers not to travel to the airport.
Recommending that passengers check their flight status before going to the airport, they should check through the application or refer to the website, and said, “We are sorry for the inconvenience caused to our passengers.” He apologized once again.
Deutsche Telekom spokesman Peter Kespohl told Bloomberg that Telekom has already repaired two cables and is working to repair the others, but did not specify how long the process would take.
On the other hand, it is stated that Brussels Airlines, Austrian Airlines and Eurowings, which are part of the Lufthansa Group, were also affected by the said failure.