TECH CRASH Major Microsoft outage causes global chaos as planes grounded, banking down and Sky News goes off air

 Thousands of people have reportedly been locked out of their banks due to the outage

A MAJOR global technology outage has plagued services from airlines to banks as Microsoft cloud services are downed.

The severe issues have crashed computers around the world leaving major banks, businesses, newsrooms and television networks all plunged into chaos.

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A major global technology outage has plagued services from airlines to banks as Microsoft cloud services are downCredit: Getty

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Sky News live broadcast is down - leaving viewers baffledCredit: Sky News

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Flights across the world have been plagued by the outagesCredit: Getty

Sky News has also been rocked by the outages with it going off air completely - leaving viewers baffled by the severe disruption.

Friday's Sky News breakfast show was wiped off computer and TV screens with a statement apologising for the "interruption" being shown.

Americans have been hit with travel chaos as all American Airlines flights have been grounded due to the outage.

Flights in the air are set to stay airborne until the issue is resolved, say the Federal Aviation Agency.American Airlines, United and Delta operators have also said no flights will take-off.

With Australia also facing travel woes with their largest airline, Qantas, being badly affected with flights grounded and travellers left in the dark.

Mumbai Airport is the latest victim of the tech issues with check-in desks reportedly down for IndiGo, Akasa and SpiceJet flights.

Ryanair has also sent out a warning to passengers urging them to arrive at least three hours early in case of any disruptions.They claimed the issues were down to a “third party IT issue, which is outside Ryanair’s control and affect all airlines operating across the network”.

Other public transport such as railway lines have also been badly disrupted.

Gatwick Express announced on X that they are "currently experiencing widespread IT issues" across their entire network.

They told passengers that short-notice

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