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Microsoft Global Outage: Air India, IndiGo And Akasa Issue Passenger Advisories; What Is Affected?

What's behind this

A global Microsoft outage that began on November 12, 2026 disrupted core services such as Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, Copilot and Exchange Online, affecting millions of users worldwide, including businesses, government agencies and third‑party platforms. The outage caused email delays for airlines, with IndiGo and Akasa warning passengers of support delays while Air India rerouted messages to keep communication flowing. Microsoft said a portion of its infrastructure was experiencing elevated load, contributing to connectivity errors, and is working to restore services. The incident lasted about ten hours across 74 countries, prompting concerns about data sovereignty and reliance on shared cloud infrastructure.

AI-generated overview from 7 outlets. It summarises their reporting and adds no reporting of its own.

RSS excerpt

A global Microsoft service disruption affected airline customer support, prompting IndiGo and Akasa to report email delays while Air India rerouted messages to maintain uninterrupted communication.

1 of the 92 reports on this event credit a wire agency (ANI, PTI or IANS), all from the same agency.

Coverage arrived over 17 hours. First from Hindustan Times, latest from The Logical Indian.

High Corroboration 29 news outlets reporting

How this event was covered

First reported by Hindustan Times at 18:19 UTC on 12 Nov.

Everything here arrived on one day, and nothing since.

Across 4 desks: business, india, tech, world.

All 29 newsrooms, and who owns them

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  27. The New Indian Express Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.

    Microsoft outage triggers email delivery delays for airlines; flight operations fully normal

    New Delhi: In light of an ongoing Microsoft outage globally, mails sent by customers on Friday to airlines have not been delivered, say airlines. Flight operations have not been impacted in any manner, they stress. In an advisory, Indigo said, "Due to a global Microsoft service disruption, our email…

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  31. The South First The South First

    Service stability improving, Microsoft says amid major outage affecting over 430 million people

    The more-than-12-hour outage has left millions worldwide without access to Outlook email, Teams meeting tools, and other staples of modern office life. Banks, governments and courts in multiple countries are affected. The post Service stability improving, Microsoft says amid major outage affecting…

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  53. The Economic Times Bennett, Coleman & Co.

    Gmail to Proton Mail: 5 alternatives for users as Microsoft continues to battle Outlook and the Teams global outage

    A major disruption hit Microsoft on November 12, 2026, causing a global outage that affected services like Outlook and Teams. This left countless users and organizations struggling to connect via email and participate in crucial Teams meetings. In the wake of the Microsoft outage, users can explore…

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  57. The Logical Indian The Logical Indian (independent digital media) Current article

    Microsoft Global Outage: Air India, IndiGo And Akasa Issue Passenger Advisories; What Is Affected?

    A global Microsoft service disruption affected airline customer support, prompting IndiGo and Akasa to report email delays while Air India rerouted messages to maintain uninterrupted communication.

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Who did not run this

29 newsrooms ran this event. 13 others published in India recently and did not.

See which 13 newsrooms
  • ABP Live ABP Group
  • ANI ANI Media
  • Deccan Herald The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.
  • Greater Kashmir GK Communications Pvt. Ltd.
  • India Today Living Media India
  • Kashmir Life Kashmir Life
  • Livemint HT Media Ltd.
  • NE Now NE Now
  • Organiser Bharatiya Prakashan (RSS)
  • TFI Post TFI Post
  • The Economic Times Bennett, Coleman & Co.
  • The Hindu Kasturi & Sons Ltd.
  • The Times of India Bennett, Coleman & Co.

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