LOS ANGELES — A software outage related to Microsoft systems impacted businesses worldwide on Thursday evening.
The issue has impacted media organisations, including the ABC, as well as banks, airlines and other industries, according to reports by media outlets and technology experts.
Earlier in the day Frontier Airlines was among the airlines experiencing problems, but it was unclear whether those were the same issues affecting the broader business world Thursday night.
The website Downdetector reported a spike in outages involving companies like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, and even Ancestry.com.
American Airlines, United and Delta have asked the FAA for a global suspension of all flights, according to an FAA alert Friday morning.
The warning did not specifically mention whether it was related to the Microsoft issue.
The FAA is asking air traffic controllers to notify aircraft pilots that the airline is currently experiencing communications issues.
Meanwhile, air travel will continue to operate, but no American, United, or Delta flights will take off.
At airports like Los Angeles International, social media users reported growing frustration among passengers stuck in terminals.
Global IT disruptions have also been reported in many countries around the world including Berlin Airport in Germany, the London Stock Exchange, Google Cloud, and Gatwick Airport in the UK.
Crowdstrike, a US cybersecurity firm, has admitted responsibility for the error and is working to fix it.
ABC News contributed to this report.
DEVELOPING: This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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