Microsoft outage affects flights, hospital operations in India

NEW DELHI, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed, and operations at some private hospitals were affected on Friday in India due to the global Microsoft outage, said officials.

One of the country's major private commercial airlines IndiaGo had to cancel over 250 flights, as many more were delayed at various airports due to the Mircosoft bug.

"Flights are canceled due to the casca