A technical glitch with the Automatic Message Switching System (AMSS) resulted in significant disruption at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International airport today, effectively delaying hundreds of flights.The glitch which caused a breakdown of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) system forced controllers to manually process every departure and arrival, compounding the delays.

The breakdown, which began Thursday evening, disrupted operations at India’s busiest airport and caused cascading delays across several other key airports. Following Delhi, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai issued an advisory, informing passengers that flight operations have been affected due to a technical issue impacting the Automatic Message Switching System (AMSS) at Delhi.

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