The holiday lasted several hours
The Swiss airline returned to work after a several-hour shutdown, during which flights to and from Switzerland were grounded and the country’s airspace closed due to a malfunction in the computers owned by “SkyGuide”, which regulates operations. Of the aircraft.
Flights were grounded early in the morning in Geneva and Zurich, but Geneva announced a gradual return of flights.
SkyGuide said a technical glitch caused the problem early Wednesday morning, which led to the closure of Swiss airspace “for security reasons”.
Swiss authorities have diverted domestic flights to Milan airports and other cities in northern Italy.
SkyGuide spokesman Vladi Barossa told local media that the crash was caused by a problem with the machines, not the operating system, and that experts believe the operating system was not hacked.
The company later announced in a statement that “a technical glitch in the Sky Guide has been resolved” and the sky closure was lifted at 8:30 a.m. local time.
Despite the closure of Swiss airspace, Basel Airport has not ceased to operate because the city is located in Swiss territory, its airport operates under the supervision of French aviation authorities, and France arranges air traffic there.
Geneva airport management confirmed on Wednesday morning that some flights had been canceled, but traffic then returned to order.
Also, a passenger at the Zurich airport posted a picture of an aerial display board showing that all planes were unable to take off.
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