Overview
- India’s Airports Authority confirmed a fault in the Automatic Message Switching System that supplies controller data, forcing manual handling of flight plans.
- Flight-tracking services reported average departure delays of roughly 50–60 minutes during the outage.
- Reported impact grew from more than 100 delayed flights in the morning to counts approaching 300–400 as congestion accumulated through the day.
- IndiGo, Air India, SpiceJet and Akasa issued advisories urging passengers to check flight status, with staff assisting at gates and onboard.
- The disruption created spillover delays on northern routes, and technical teams from AAI and DIAL are working to restore systems, with some media citing a possible malware angle that officials have not confirmed.