The computer network at Los Angeles World Airports, the city agency that operates Los Angeles International Airport and Van Nuys Airport, experienced “anomalies” early Thursday, knocking both airports’ web sites out of service, but causing no apparent issues with flight operations.
While not referring to the situation as a cyberattack, an agency spokeswoman told City News Service in a statement, “We have taken precautionary steps to isolate our systems while we assess the situation.”
“Los Angeles World Airports detected anomalies in our communication network earlier this morning,” according Dae Levine of LAWA. “… (LAX) is operating at full capacity, and there are minimal impacts on airport operations. As always, we recommend that guests check with their airline for information before heading to the airport.”
The extent of the issue was unclear, but the LAX and VNY public-facing websites were inoperable Thursday morning.
It was unknown how many of the airports’ internal systems were impacted.
Officials with the Federal Aviation Administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But the issue did not appear to be causing any major issues with flight operations.
According to the flight-tracking website FlightAware, there were only three flight cancellations — one departure and two arrivals — at LAX as of mid-morning Thursday, and 89 flight delays, most of them inbound flights, but Levine stressed that none of those disruptions were attributable to the computer situation.
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