Mayhem At US Airports As Immigration System Crashes - Causing Huge Queues And Hours Of Disruption

Many passengers traveling through major airports in New York, Houston, Atlanta and Miami faced huge delays because of a customs processing system outage. The outage began around 5pm and lasted until 9pm ET causing people to wait in line for up to two hours. During the outage, passengers were able to be processed because customs had access to national security-related databases. There is no evidence that the computer malfunction signified hacking. The agency said in a statement: 'US Customs and Border Protection is experiencing a temporary outage with its processing systems at various air ports of entry and taking immediate action to address the technology disruption.'

According to CNN, 30 flights into Miami International Airport were delayed beginning at 6pm. 

John F Kennedy International Airport had delays up to 90 minutes long. The outage began around 5pm and lasted until 9pm. Some passengers had to be processed by hand because of the glitch. 

During the outage, passengers were able to be processed because customs had access to national security-related databases. There is no evidence that the computer malfunction signified hacking.

The agency said in a statement: 'US Customs and Border Protection is experiencing a temporary outage with its processing systems at various air ports of entry and taking immediate action to address the technology disruption.'

'CBP took immediate action to address the issue and CBP officers continued to process international travelers using alternative procedures at airports experiencing the disruption.'

'Travelers at some ports of entry experienced longer than usual wait times as CBP officers processed travelers as quickly as possible while maintaining the highest levels of security.'

'During the technology disruption, CBP had access to national security-related databases and all travelers were screened according to security standards. At this time, there is no indication the service disruption was malicious in nature.'

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Some claimed there were thousands of people waiting in line for customs at Miami International Airport