The electronic attack disrupts the main European airports, including Heathrow, Brussels

An electronic attack on the provider of check -in and passenger systems has disrupted operations at many major European airports, including Heathrow in London, the most crowded on the continent, causing flight delays and cancellation on Saturday.

Haitro Airport said Collins Aerospace, which provides systems for many airlines in airports worldwide, suffers from a technical problem that may cause delay in leaving passengers.

They said that Brussels and Berlin Airport were also affected by the attack.

RTX RTX.N, the parent company of Aerospace, said it became aware of an “online disturbance” of its program in the selected airports, without naming it.

Hours later, Dublin Airport said it was also facing a simple impact of this issue, along with Cork Airport, the second largest in Ireland after Dublin.

“The impact on electronic checkpoints for customers and luggage drops can be diluted with manual checkpoints,” RTX said in an email, adding that it works to fix the problem as soon as possible. He did not give any information about the one who might be behind the attack.

In Heathrow, Berlin and Brussels, 29 exits and expatriates have been canceled so far. In total, 651 exit from Heathrow, 228 from Brussels and 226 from Berlin on Saturday.

This turmoil is the latest in a series of increasingly advanced internet attacks and ransom programs targeting governments and companies worldwide, and hitting sectors of health care and defense to retail and cars. The luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover breaches stops its production.

The Federal Office in Germany for Information Security, BSI, said it is in contact with Berlin Airport about “infrastructure disorders” as a result of a break that affects a global system to deal with passengers.

Brussels Airport said on its website that the attack made the automated systems unsuitable for work, allowing only manual check -in and boarding procedures.

“This has a great impact on the schedule of flights and will unfortunately lead to delay and cancellation,” he said.

The airport said 10 flights have been canceled so far, with a average delay for one hour for all flights.

Leave passengers in the dark

The affected airports advised to confirm the passengers who have a flight on Saturday to fly to the airport.

Teeza Pultarova, the journalist, spoke to the BBC News from Inside Heathrow, where it was scheduled to fly to Amsterdam at 6:30 am in a continuous trip to Cape Town.

“Unfortunately, the airline that I am with … does not have a service office here, so we left in the dark,” she said. “It was a great chaos, and it was frustrated for most people here,” she said.

Berlin Airport said on its website that there are longer waiting times when checkout and that it was working on a quick solution. A spokesman for the Frankfurt Airport, the largest in Germany, said.

At Berlin Airport, Kim Rezen was struggling with delay and lack of clarity, and Reuters told that they had only been told that there was a “technical error.”

Another traveler, Segfide Schwarrs, also said from Berlin: “I … I find that it is incomprehensible that with today’s technology, there is no way to defend yourself against something like this,” said another traveler, Siefraid Schwarrs, also from Berlin.

Easyjet works as usual

Easyjet, among the largest airlines in Europe, said it is currently working as normal and does not expect the issue to affect its flights for the rest of the day.

Ryanair and British Airways owners immediately did not respond to the suspension requests.

The US -carrying Air Lines said it expects the minimum effect on flights that leave from the three affected airports, adding that it has carried out a solution to reduce the disorder. United Airlines said the case “caused a slight delay in leaving,” but it has not canceled any flights.

“There were no indications of threats on Polish airports.”

British Transport Minister Heidi Alexander said she is receiving regular updates about the situation.