Within a few hours, thousands of passengers were affected by the problems. in the Lufthansa flight schedule due to the collapse of the IT system.

There are no flights operated by the company in Frankfurt.s to offload the central hub while all Lufthansa flights within Germany have been canceled and passengers are being asked to travel by rail.

“Each of our flights, anywhere in the world, is affected,” said a spokesman for the company, who, however, clarified that there are no problems related to flight safety. The problem was caused by ongoing construction work in Frankfurt, he said. Several Deutsche Telekom fiber optic cables were cut by an excavator, Hesse radio and television reported.

Yesterday, Tuesday, hackers attacked the systems of the Scandinavian airline SAS, part of the Lufthansa Star Alliance network, which caused problems with flights.

However, there is no relevant evidence of a cyber attack on Lufthansa.

Source: RES-IPE