The computer network at Los Angeles World Airports, the city agency that operates Los Angeles International Airport, experienced “anomalies” early Thursday, knocking the airport’s website out of service, but causing no apparent issues with flight operations.
While not referring to the situation as a cyberattack, an agency spokeswoman told City News Service in a statement, “We have taken precautionary steps to isolate our systems while we assess the situation.”
“Los Angeles World Airports detected anomalies in our communication network earlier this morning,” according Dae Levine of LAWA. “… The airport is operating at full capacity and there are minimal impacts on airport operations. As always, we recommend that guests check with their airline for information before heading to the airport.”
The extent of the issue was unclear, but the LAX public-facing website was inoperable Thursday morning. The website for Van Nuys Airport, which is also operated by LAWA, was also down.
It was unknown how many of the airport’s internal systems were impacted.
Officials with the Federal Aviation Administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But the issue did not appear to be causing any major issues with flight operations.
According to the flight-tracking website FlightAware, there were only three flight cancellations — one departure and two arrivals — at LAX as of mid-morning Thursday, and 89 flight delays, most of them inbound flights, but Levine stressed that none of those disruptions were attributable to the computer situation.