Air passengers told to go home if flight cancelled following global IT outage

Thousands of airline passengers whose flights have been cancelled due to the global IT outage are being urged to leave crowded airports (Jacob King/PA) - (PA Wire)

Thousands of airline passengers whose flights have been cancelled due to the global IT outage are being urged to leave crowded airports.

Some 167 flights scheduled to depart UK airports have been axed, with others delayed, while 171 flights due to land in the UK were cancelled, following the technical glitch.