*KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) check-in system across thecountry went down after internet services were badly impacted due to afault in international submarine cables.*
The national flag carrier switched to a manual system to run itsoperations, which may result in flight delays.
Separately, PIA, in a tweet, said: “PTCL network is down due to damage totheir underground cables causing outage of PIA Check-In systems across thecountry. We’re moving to backup systems and manual processes. We regret theinconvenience caused to our passengers due to the resulting delays.”
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PTCL network is down due to damage to their underground cables causingoutage of PIA Check-In systems across the country. We’re moving to backupsystems & manual processes. We regret the inconvenience caused to ourpassengers due to the resulting delays. #PIACareslink @pid_govlink #PIAlink342 link8:05 PM – Oct 29, 2019linkTwitter Ads info and privacy link
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Earlier, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) tweeted: “Weregret to inform you that due to international submarine cable fault,internet services are impacted across Pakistan.”
“Our technical teams are working on fully restoring internet services. Weapologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your patience,” itadded.
Whereas, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, in a statement, said, “Dueto a fault in the international submarine cable, internet services havebeen affected.”
