Airlines grounding flights as widespread Microsoft outages affecting banks, airlines and broadcasters

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Microsoft users worldwide, including banks and airlines, reported widespread outages on Friday, hours after the technology company said it was gradually fixing an issue affecting access to Microsoft 365 apps and services. At least three major U.S. airlines, American, United and Delta, grounded all flights, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The cause, exact nature and scale of the outage was unclear. Microsoft appeared to suggest in its X posts that the situation was improving but escalating outages were still being reported around the world hours...