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Brussels Halves Sunday Departures After Collins Aerospace Check-In Outage Disrupts Major European Hubs

Officials describe a cyber‑related MUSE failure limited to electronic check-in and bag drop, with manual processing sustaining operations.

Overview

  • The disruption began Friday night and continued into Sunday, affecting Heathrow, Brussels and Berlin, with Dublin and Cork reporting minor impacts.
  • Brussels Airport asked airlines to cancel half of scheduled departing flights on Sunday to reduce queues and avoid late cancellations.
  • Collins Aerospace, a unit of RTX, acknowledged a cyber-related disruption to its MUSE platform and said teams are working to restore services, with no public attribution.
  • Airports reverted to manual check-in and boarding, creating long lines, delays and cancellations; Cirium reported 29 cancellations on Saturday across Heathrow, Berlin and Brussels.
  • National and EU cyber agencies, including the UK NCSC, Germany’s BSI, the European Commission, ENISA and EUROCONTROL, are engaged, and officials said safety and air traffic control were unaffected.