Officials do not think there's anything nefarious behind the outage of the US Customs and Border Protection computer system that's creating long lines for arriving international travelers at some airports
"CBP is experiencing a temporary outage with its processing systems at various of entry & is taking immediate action to address the technology disruption," it tweeted."CBP officers continue to process international travelers using alternative procedures until systems are back online.CBP is experiencing a temporary outage with its processing systems at various air ports of entry & is taking immediate action to address the technology disruption.
— CBP August 16, 2019 "CBP officers are working to process travelers as quickly as possible while maintaining the highest levels of security," it said in a second tweet.CBP officers are working to process travelers as quickly as possible while maintaining the highest levels of security. — CBP August 16, 2019 Authorities do not think there is anything nefarious about the outage, a Customs official told CNN. John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York tweeted that passengers were being processed manually for now.Read MoreA tweet from a woman at JFK showed a long line of passengers."People are growing frustrated. Nothing like landing after a 10 hour flight to this," Sarah Baird wrote.Here's a better perspective of the customs line at JFK.
— Sarah Baird 🙌 August 16, 2019 The outage appears to have occurred around 3:30 p.m. ET.Micah Lillard, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, said airport operations are running as normal.The line for passport control at @Dulles_Airport due to @CBP computer outage pic.twitter.com/ii8t8s6qKO
— Eric Spivack August 16, 2019 A tweet from Los Angeles International Airport said,"... please check with your airline for the latest status of any flight impacts."There were similar outages in January 2017 and 2018.CNN's Gregory Wallace and Alisha Ebrahimji contributed to this report.
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