Microsoft Failure Conditions Services in France (Disneyland Included)

Airlines and media in France are being affected by the global failure in the Microsoft system, which covers several countries and is causing problems in countless companies and services.

One week before the opening of the Paris Olympic Games, organizers confirmed that their "computer systems were affected" by this incident.

"Our technical teams were mobilized to limit the impact. At the same time, we activated contingency plans to guarantee the continuity of operations, because our computer systems, which run on Windows, were affected by this failure", explained the organization's committee of Paris 2024 in a press release, without giving details of the extent of the problem.

The operations of the airline Air France were "interrupted at certain stops", the airline announced this morning, noting that flights already underway were not affected, without specifying the affected destinations.

While the Air France application and website are operating normally, the company states that customer relations telephone platforms are susceptible to disruptions.

The Dutch airline KLM, a member of the Air France-KLM group, announced that it had been forced to suspend "the majority of its operations, as the computer failure" made flight management impossible.

Flights from the Parisian airports of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle and Orly, the main entry points into France for the Olympic Games, are operating normally, according to the ADP group, which manages Paris airports, which indicates that "the systems IT systems at Paris Aéroport were not (directly) affected."

"However, several airlines and airports around the world have been affected. This situation is having an impact on the operations of the airlines concerned in Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Orly: slowdowns in check-in, delays and temporary suspension of certain flight schedules, etc.", said the ADP group, adding that it is "mobilized to guide and assist passengers on site".

The computer blackout is also having an impact on television channels in France, such as the TF1 and Canal+ groups, which confirmed on the social network X that several channels were no longer broadcast.

The TF1 group said today that it could not offer "the same program" as always, with the host of the morning show 'Bonjour!', Christophe Beaugrand, apologizing to viewers after a "massive breakdown in the control room".

The Disneyland Paris theme park, which receives around 12 million visitors per year, is also being affected by the computer failure, according to images published on social media, which show the screens displayed throughout the park with an error message.