Following the worldwide tech outage that disrupted airports, hospitals and banks, the situation in Lebanon appears to be “under control.”
The Director of Civil Aviation, Fadi Hassan, told the National News Agency (NNA) that the outage had only minor effects on Beirut International Airport (BIA), lasting no more than 30 minutes. He assured that “no flights will be delayed or canceled” and that operations have resumed normally at the airport.
Ogero Managing Director Imad Kreidieh posted on X that the public fixed telephone and internet provider is monitoring local systems to ensure smooth operations, noting that “no problems have been reported so far.”
The global outage, observed in several countries, is believed to be due to an update to the CrowdStrike antivirus software for Microsoft systems. Microsoft has since stated that an investigation is underway.
