According to the Anadolu news agency, the check-in system at the New Istanbul Airport (Turkey) has failed. Boarding passes are not issued, and people stand in lines for hours and are late for their flights.
According to eyewitnesses, there are “hundreds and hundreds” of people at the airport; they have been “standing in line for several hours without moving.”
The Turkish national carrier Turkish Airlines began to cancel some of its flights from Istanbul airport.
According to the online scoreboard of Istanbul International Airport, most of the international flights operated by Turkish Airlines are expected to depart on time. Many domestic flights have been canceled.