LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A software outage linked to Microsoft systems affected businesses around the world on Thursday night.
Media and technology experts report the issue is affecting not only media organisations, including the ABC, but also banks, airlines and other industries.
Earlier in the day, Frontier Airlines was among the airlines experiencing problems, but it was not clear if it was the same issue that affected the broader business community Thursday night.
The site Downdetector reported a spike in outages involving companies such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and even Ancestry.com.
American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Airlines have asked the FAA to ground all flights worldwide, according to an alert from the FAA on Friday morning.
The warning did not specify whether it was related to a Microsoft issue.
The FAA has instructed air traffic controllers to inform pilots in the air that airlines are currently experiencing communications problems.
Meanwhile, flights in the air will remain in the air, but American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta flights will not take off.
At airports such as Los Angeles International Airport, social media users reported growing frustration among passengers trapped inside terminals.
Global IT outages have been reported in many countries around the world, including at Berlin Airport in Germany, the London Stock Exchange, Google Cloud and Gatwick Airport in the UK.
US cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has accepted responsibility for the error and is working to fix it.
ABC News contributed to this report.
ONGOING: This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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