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SET FOR NEXT WEEK. >> THIS IS A WCPO. 9 BREAKING NEWS ALERT AND WE GO IMMEDIATELY TO THAT BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW THAT MAJOR GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OUTAGE IS IMPACTING BANKS AND BUSINESSES TRAVEL. EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE AT NOON. I'M ADRIAN WHITSETT. THAT OUTAGES STILL CAUSING SOME CHAOS RIGHT NOW AT CVG IS LET'S GO THERE WITH WCPO. 9 NEWS REPORTER ANDREW ROWLAND STANDING BY LIVE AT THE AIRPORT. NEW INFORMATION ON SOME OF THESE DEPARTURES. THERE WEREN'T MANY GOING OUT THIS MORNING. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE IMPACT TO ALL THESE TRAVELERS. GOOD AFTERNOON, ANDREW. >> HADRIAN, THIS IS NOT HOW TRAVELERS WANTED TO START THEIR WEEKEND. WE JUST HEARD FROM ALLEGIANT AIRLINES IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES. THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE CANCELLATION ON ALL FLIGHTS NATIONALLY UNTIL 02:00PM. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU EVEN 5 OR 6 MINUTES AGO, THIS LINE TO GET UP TO THE ELITE ENCOUNTERS WAS PACKED. THEY JUST CLEARED IT OUT, BASICALLY HANDING OUT A PHONE NUMBER SAYING THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU HERE IN PERSON, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR HOURS. THE ON THIS LINE HERE, ALLIANCE FOR DELTA LINES FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES FOR UNITED, WHICH ISSUED GROUND STOP EARLIER THIS MORNING. THEY ARE SLOWLY BEGINNING TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATIONS. BUT STILL IT IS CAUSING A LOT OF CHAOS FOR TRAVELERS HERE AT THE AIRPORT. >> WE WATCHED HIM LIKE, SOMETHING'S GOING PASSENGERS WAITING IN LONG LINES WITH FRUSTRATION THAT YOU COULD FEEL OVERNIGHT. GROUND STOPS FROM THE FAA CAUSING DELAY AFTER DELAY AND THEN CAME THE DREADED NEWS JUST NOW TELLING US FLIGHTS CAN CANCEL. IT WAS A HEARTBREAK FOR QUENTON JENKINS WHO WAS FLYING TO AUSTIN, TEXAS FOR A FUNERAL. I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THIS RIGHT NOW. HAS BEEN A CATASTROPHE. THE ISSUE STEMS FROM CROWDSTRIKE, A CYBERSECURITY FIRM WHICH SAYS A CONTENT UPDATE FOR WINDOWS CAUSED THE DISRUPTION WITH NUMEROUS AIRLINES AND ANYONE WHO USES MICROSOFT'S SYSTEM. SO YOU'RE GOING ON A GIRLS TRIP THAT WE'VE BEEN PLANNING SINCE JANUARY AND WE'RE GOING TO ROSEMARY BEACH IN CBG SPOKESPERSON SAYS SOME FLIGHTS WERE LEAVING AS SCHEDULED THIS MORNING, BUT SOME PASSENGERS WHO WERE STRANDED HAVE NO FAITH THAT THEIR AIRLINE WILL COME ON LINE IN TIME PLAY NOW IS WE RENTED A CAR FROM ENTERPRISE AND WE'RE GOING TO DRIVE THE 11 AND A HALF TOGETHER WITH CHILDREN. THAT IS A WOMAN WHO KNOWS A SILVER LINING WHEN SHE SEES ONE. BUT OTHERS JUST DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION. LIKE JANINE DONAHUE, WHO IS JUST TRYING TO GET TO TEXAS WHERE HER DAUGHTER LIKELY TO GET ON TODAY. BUT I DON'T KNOW WITH ALL THE BACKUPS, EVEN GET A PLATE TODAY. NOW THE ADVICE IS TO CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK WHETHER YOUR FLIGHT IS ON TIME. IF YOU'RE COMING TO THE AIRPORT, THAT'S BECAUSE THE SYSTEM OUTAGES ARE NOT JUST AFFECTING THE FLIGHT OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO THE SYSTEMS THAT TELL YOU WHETHER OR NOT YOUR FLIGHT. >> IS ON TIME REPORTING AT CVG. ADRIAN. WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND REPORTING LIVE AT CVG. THANKS SO MUCH. WE'RE ALSO HEARING FROM CYBERSECURITY FIRM CROWDSTRIKE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO CAUSE THAT WORLDWIDE OUTAGE. >> AS ABC'S MORGAN NORWOOD REPORTS HOURS AFTER THE PROBLEMS FIRST DETECTED, THE DISARRAY STILL CONTINUES. >> MASSIVE GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OUTAGE TRIGGERING A WAVE OF DISRUPTIONS IN NEARLY EVERY MAJOR INDUSTRY. TRAVEL HIT THE HARDEST WITH THE OUTAGE FORCING AMERICAN UNITED AND OTHER CARRIERS TO GROUND FLIGHTS OVERNIGHT CITING COMPUTER ISSUES LEAVING TRAVELERS STRANDED WITH LITTLE TO NO ANSWERS. THIS AIRPORT IN HONG KONG FORCED TO CHECK IN TRAVELERS MANUALLY. IT'S A MANDATE BY ARE AND WE ARE WASTING A LOT OF TIME. >> WE WANT TO GO BACK IN THE REST, RIGHT? LIKE IT'S HOT WITH ONE OF FEW ME IT'S IT'S EXCITING AND THEY'RE ALL JULIET, THE OUTAGE IS ALSO IMPACTING THE NATION'S POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES, ESPECIALLY A LARGE CITIES LIKE NEW YORK THAT ARE HEAVILY RELIANT ON TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY DON'T CONTROL. WE WANT TO ASSURE NEW YORK IS THAT 90 LEAD THESE COURSES SINCE? >> HAVE NOT BEEN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS BILL ALL IN PLACE. HOSPITAL SYSTEMS FROM COAST TO COAST ALSO BROUGHT DOWN MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM CANCELING ELECTIVE AND NON-EMERGENCY SURGERIES. A CINCINNATI HOSPITAL NOW USING A BACKUP SYSTEM TO CARE FOR PATIENTS AND ARIZONA. REPUBLIC REPORTING SOME EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS WERE AFFECTED. >> THE PROBLEM TRACED BACK TO CYBERSECURITY AGENCY CROWDSTRIKE WITH SENT OUT A FAULTY UP DATA COMPUTERS RUNNING MICROSOFT WINDOWS. THE CEO ON CNBC APOLOGIZING FOR THE CHAOS. I WANT TO PERSONALLY APOLOGIZE TO EVERY ORGANIZATION, EVERY GROUP AND EVERY PERSON WHO'S BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS. >> AND WE UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION. AMERICANS HOPING TO LOG ON TO THE COMPUTERS AND E-MAILS GREETED WITH THE SO-CALLED BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH. >> SOME EVEN SEEING A SAD FACE. NO CROWD TRACK SAYS THAT THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS A CYBER ATTACK AND THAT THEY'VE SINCE DEPLOYED A FIX. BUT STILL THAT FALLOUT CONTINUES MAINLY WITH AIRLINES AND TRAVEL. >> SOME AIRLINES HAVE RESUME FLIGHT OPERATIONS, BUT THEY DO URGE PASSENGERS TO CHECK WITH THEIR AIRLINE BEFORE HEADING TO THE AIRPORT. MORGAN NORWOOD, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. >> YOU HEARD MORE TALK ABOUT CINCINNATI AREA HOSPITAL. WE KNOW CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SAYS MANY OF ITS SYSTEMS WERE AFFECTED. IN A STATEMENT EARLY THIS MORNING, THE SINCE SURGERY PATIENTS SHOULD ARRIVE AT THEIR SCHEDULED TIME. BUT JUST KNOW YOU MAY FIND DELAYS, RADIOLOGY AND IMAGING PATIENT APPOINTMENTS ARE ALSO REMAINING AS SCHEDULED. ALSO POSSIBILITY OF DELAYS. THEY DID RESCHEDULE EARLY MORNING NON SURGICAL APPOINTMENTS AND SEVERAL TRI-STATE 9-1-1. CALL CENTER SAY THEY'RE BACK UP AND RUNNING RIGHT NOW. THE OUTAGE TEMPORARILY DISRUPTED THAT 9-1-1. SERVICE IN BUTLER COUNTY THAT WAS AROUND 1 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. THEY ULTIMATELY ROUTE IT CALLS TO HAMILTON COUNTY AND THEN RADIO THEM AND THE SERVICES RESTORED. ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF AT 6.30, THIS MORNING, CAN COUNTIES NOT EMERGENCY PHONE LINES ALSO IMPACTED. SO TOO, WAS THE MIDDLETOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT 9-1-1, AND THE OHIO BMV AND HAMILTON COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. THE BMV TELLS US THAT CANNOT ISSUE TITLES OR PASSPORTS. EMPLOYEES WE SPOKE WITH SAY THEY'RE QUOTE, WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. WE ALSO FOUND A SIGN OF THE CLERK OF COURTS FRONT DOOR SAYING THE SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY DOWN. THE APOLOGIZED FOR THE STILL ABLE TO GET ON THE CLERK OF COURTS SITE THROUGH THE INTERNET. BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN