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Hospitals, tunnel, bridge and airports impacted by global Microsoft outage

Vehicles backed up at the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel due to a global Microsoft outage, July 19, 2024
Vehicles backed up at the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel due to a global Microsoft outage, July 19, 2024

Hospitals across southwestern Ontario are impacted by a global Microsoft outage that began early Friday morning.

Significant delays are also reported at the Ambassador Bridge and the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel heading into the U.S.

Major U.S. airlines have grounded flights and Porter Airlines has cancelled all flights until noon.

Metro Airport in Detroit is telling people to check the status of their flight before heading to the airport.

It's all because of an update issued from Texas-based CrowdStrike to computers running Windows.

A joint news release says the hospitals regional I-T service provider -- TransForm -- is working to restore things.

Longer wait times are expected in emergency departments and surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, diagnostic imaging patients will be contacted directly by your hospital.

 

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