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Mumbai airport operations disrupted due to system outage, 327 flights delayed
On Tuesday evening, a system outage caused delays in flight operations at Mumbai International Airport. Airport staff implemented manual check-in procedures to assist affected passengers and maintain essential operations. Despite these disruptions, Mumbai International Airport officials stated that there was no overall impact on operations. However, numerous flights experienced delays, with an average departure delay of 50 minutes.
Mumbai International Airport experienced a system outage on Tuesday evening, prompting a switch to manual check-in and other manual processing measures by airport staff.
MIAL, the private operator of Mumbai Airport, described the disruption as a temporary network disruption and stated that essential airport operations continued with manual processes to minimise passenger inconvenience.
Airport officials indicated there was no stated impact on overall airport and flight operations in their wording, though the outage led to operational changes as teams worked to maintain continuity.
Flight-tracking data showed an average departure delay around 50 minutes for flights at Mumbai International Airport, with 327 flights delayed and 13 percent of flights canceled around 9:30 pm; it is not specified how many of these issues were directly caused by the outage.
Details on the exact duration of the disruption were not disclosed by MIAL.