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A worldwide technology outage is causing major problems in North Carolina and worldwide on Friday for airlines, banks, health care and media industries.

RDU, hospitals & businesses in NC feel impacts of global IT outage

<p>I-85-I-85 DELAY FREE AT THIS HOUR. &gt;&gt; BREAKING NEWS WE'RE FOLLOWING THIS MORNING. TECH DISRUPTIONS ARE HITTING AIRLINES AND BUSINESSES AROUND THE WORLD. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU ON THE WORLDWIDE IMPACT OF THIS OUTAGE. MICHELLE MACKONOCHIE FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WRAL LIVE CENTER. WE START WITH WRAL'S MONICA CASEY, THOUGH SHE'S LIVE AT RDU WHERE PEOPLE ARE STRANDED OUT THE MONICA. &gt;&gt; YEAH, JEFF, WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW IS THAT ACCORDING TO THE FAA, THERE IS A GROUND STOP IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL MAJOR AIRLINES. THOSE INCLUDE UNITED AMERICAN AND DELTA. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS LINE BEHIND ME. THESE PEOPLE WAITING TO DROP THEIR BAGS AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTER, MANY PEOPLE WAITING TO TALK TO AN AGENT ABOUT DELAYED OR CANCELED FLIGHTS. THE DEPARTURES BOARD OVER HERE IS SHOWING MANY DELAYED FLIGHTS. I SPOKE WITH A MAN WHO WAS HEADING HOME TO ATLANTA WITH A FLIGHT ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR 5.30, THIS MORNING. HE WAS REBOOKED ON A FLIGHT FOR 08:00AM. TOMORROW. &gt;&gt; FRUSTRATED LITTLE UPTIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GET BACK FOR MY KIDS PERFORMANCES TOMORROW THIS AFTERNOON. SO WELL, NOT TOO HAPPY ABOUT THIS. AND THAT. &gt;&gt; THE FAA SAYS THIS GROUND STOP IS DUE TO A COMMUNICATION ISSUE. WE KNOW ALLEGIANT AND INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES LIKE VIRGIN AUSTRALIA ARE ALSO IMPACTED BY THIS. WE ARE STILL WORKING TO LEARN HOW LONG THESE ISSUES COULD LAST AND HOW LONG PEOPLE WILL BE DELAYED GETTING TO THEIR NEXT DESTINATION &gt;&gt; AT RDU MONICA CASEY, WRAL, NEWS. &gt;&gt; AND HERE IN THE WRAL LIVE CENTER, WE'RE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THIS OUTAGE. I'D IT OBVIOUSLY IS WORLDWIDE A CNBC POSTING THIS A COUPLE HOURS AGO SAYING MICROSOFT SAYS IT IS RESTORED SERVICES AFTER THE OUTAGE. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SEE IT. STILL SEEING THAT BLUE SCREEN OF THE WEBSITE DOWN DETECTOR SHOWS OUTAGES AND SERVICES AT VISA ATT SECURITY AND AMAZON, AUSTRALIA. THEY'RE REPORTING AIRLINES BANKS AND MEDIA BROADCASTERS ARE BEING DISRUPTED. SOME NEW ZEALAND BANK SAYING THEY'RE ALSO OFFLINE RIGHT NOW. THE UK REPORTING AIRLINES RAILWAYS AND THEIR TELEVISION TELEVISION STATIONS. THEY'RE ALSO EXPERIENCING THESE DELAYS AIRPORT IN AMSTERDAM, GERMANY AND ITALY ALSO FEELING THE EFFECTS. I LOOKED ON X MICROSOFT, ABOUT AN HOUR AGO POSTED THIS. SAYING MULTIPLE SERVICES ARE CONTINUING TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS IN AVAILABILITY AS OUR MITIGATION ACTIONS PROGRESSED, MORE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND WITHIN THE ADMIN CENTER. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THEY'RE ACTIVELY TRYING TO FIX. BUT THIS IS A WORLDWIDE ISSUE RIGHT</p>

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