[TheRegister] Technology problems hit the commercial aviation industry hard over the weekend, leading to hundreds of cancelled flights and myriad delays on both sides of the Atlantic.
In Europe, the source of the problem is a company called Collins Aerospace that makes a product called ARINC cMUSE that it describes as a “next-generation common-use passenger processing system solution that allows multiple airlines to share check-in desks and boarding gate positions at an airport rather than having their own dedicated infrastructure.”
Maybe it does that when it’s working, but according to Brussels Airport, Collins Aerospace experienced “a cyberattack” that means passengers should expect delays and flight cancellations.
Collins Aviation told Reuters that it suffered a "cyber-related disruption" that means electronic customer check-in and baggage drop isn’t working, but that manual check-in operations remain possible.
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