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A global IT glitch almost paralyzes Zurich Airport. (News 2025, by Gaëtan Bally) - Swiss Press Award

Passengers look at screens informing them of the flight situation, on Friday, 19 July 2024, at the airport Zurich in Kloten, Switzerland. Due to a worldwide IT breakdown, check-in for air travellers and flight operations are severely restricted and most flights are delayed or cancelled. Swiss air traffic control Skyguide is also affected by the IT disruption and has reduced the capacity of Swiss transit traffic as an immediate precautionary measure. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally)
Gaëtan Bally
Passengers look at screens informing them of the flight situation, on Friday, 19 July 2024, at the airport Zurich in Kloten, Switzerland. Due to a worldwide IT breakdown, check-in for air travellers and flight operations are severely restricted and most flights are delayed or cancelled. Swiss air traffic control Skyguide is also affected by the IT disruption and has reduced the capacity of Swiss transit traffic as an immediate precautionary measure. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally)
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2025

A global IT glitch almost paralyzes Zurich Airport.

Gaëtan Bally

On Friday, July 19, in the middle of the summer holidays, a global computer outage shut down much of the world. The editors called me to check on the situation at Zurich Airport. Many passengers were sitting in the aisles, most flights were canceled, and only a few planes taking off added noise to the chaos.

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A global IT glitch almost paralyzes Zurich Airport.

Keystone-SDA, NZZ und verschiedene Medien

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2025

Gaëtan Bally

On Friday, July 19, in the middle of the summer holidays, a global computer outage shut down much of the world. The editors called me to check on the situation at Zurich Airport. Many passengers were sitting in the aisles, most flights were canceled, and only a few planes taking off added noise to the chaos.

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Gaëtan Bally / Swiss Press Award

Gaëtan Bally

Photographe, Zürich, 1973

Geboren 1973 in Sion (VS). Nach der Schulzeit im Wallis absolvierte Gaëtan Bally ein Austauschjahr in San Diego in den USA, um Englisch zu lernen. Anschliessend Fotografen-Lehre in Sion mit Berufsschule in Vevey (VD). Bereits während der Lehre regelmässige Aufträge für die Zeitungen «Le Nouvelliste», «Le Nouveau Quotidien» und die Bildagentur Reuters. 1994 bis 1997 Fotograf bei der Agentur ASL in Lausanne. 1997 bis 2002 Fotograf bei der «Neuen Zürcher Zeitung» in Zürich. Seit 2002 Themenfotograf bei der Bildagentur Keystone in Zürich, mit einem Teilpensum von 90%. Daneben freie Auftragsarbeit für verschiedene Magazine und Unternehmen.

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