SYDNEY (Reuters) – A technical outage crippled all of Australia’s main airports on Friday, resulting in lengthy queues at worldwide terminals after the disruption of automated kiosks for id and facial recognition, authorities stated.
In an announcement the Australian Border Drive (ABF) stated immigration employees have been added to manually course of travellers, including, “The problem is at present being rectified and programs are slowly returning on-line.”
No flights have been affected at Australia’s busiest airport of Sydney, nonetheless, a spokesperson stated by e mail, however added, “Inbound and outbound queues are longer than ordinary.”
It was not instantly clear when operations would return to regular.
