Airlines resume operations after global IT crash wreaks havoc

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Airlines were gradually coming back online Saturday after global carriers, banks and financial institutions were thrown into turmoil by one of the biggest IT crashes in recent years, caused by an update to an antivirus program.

Passenger crowds had swelled at airports Friday to wait for news as dozens of flights were canceled and operators struggled to keep services on track, after an update to a program operating on Microsoft Windows crashed systems worldwide.

Multiple U.S. airlines and airports across Asia said they were now resuming operations, with check-in services restored in Hong Kong, South Korea and Thailand, and mostly back to normal in India and Indonesia and at Singapore's Changi Airport as of Saturday afternoon.

"The check-in systems have come back to normal [at Thailand's five major airports]. There are no long queues at the airports as we experienced yesterday," Airports of Thailand President Keerati Kitmanawat told reporters at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok.