Travellers going via Australian airports have been quickly delayed on Sunday after a nationwide passport system outage.
The Australian Border Drive mentioned {that a} “technical system outage” impacted passengers throughout the nation. The difficulty has since been resolved.
“The Australian Border Drive has been working to revive a technical system outage, impacting passengers nationwide this morning,” a spokesperson informed SBS Information.
“The difficulty has been resolved in any respect airports and all methods are again on-line.”
The spokesperson mentioned the reason for the technical difficulty remained beneath investigation.
Melbourne Airport informed SBS Information it was “at present prioritising flights to handle passenger flows as we work to ease congestion.”
It is understood the outage left the ABF manually processing passengers for about an hour.
Sydney Airport mentioned it had deployed further workers to the terminals to help passengers and convey them ahead so as of flight precedence.
A spokesperson for Perth Airport informed SBS no flights had been delayed due to the “ABF processing difficulty”.
Some passengers vented their frustration on social media. One individual on X mentioned they’d been caught at Brisbane airport for greater than half an hour.
Jetstar warned travellers “to see additional disruptions right now and doubtless minor disruptions tomorrow”.
