A major IT outage has reportedly hit industries across the world. According to the BBC, almost 1,400 flights have been cancelled and banking, healthcare and shops in England have been affected.

It was also reported on NBC that,

Major airlines, medical facilities, businesses and police forces around the world are currently being affected by a massive information technology glitch caused by a problem with Microsoft cloud computing services early Friday.

CrowdStrike, the U.S. cybersecurity company behind the glitch that affects Microsoft Windows users, says that the outage “is not a security incident or cyberattack” and has now issued a solution.

But the error has brought chaos to a number of key institutions and businesses around the world that may take some time to clear up.

Flights have been grounded in several countries and stores and broadcasters in several countries went offline.

Major carriers, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, all issued ground stops Friday morning citing communications issues. Passengers traveling to the United States from as far away as Japan have had their flights canceled. Delta has ordered a “global ground stop,” said Rep. Eric Swalwell, a member of the House subcommittee on cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike says a “defect” in one of its software updates hit Windows operating systems.