U.S. Customs and Border Protection's processing systems went down for several hours at major airports across the country on Friday afternoon.

Tens of thousands of travelers faced lengthy delays as the CBP scrambled to use 'alternative procedures' to process arrivals coming into the country.

Although the system was back up and running as of Friday evening, CBP has not revealed what was behind the outage.

JFK, Newark, LAX, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dulles in Washington D.C. and the Boston airport were among those impacted by the crash.




JFK, New York: Air travelers are facing chaos and massive delays at airports across the country. This picture was taken at JFK Airport.



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O'Hare, Chicago: Crowds of people wait at the customs line at O'Hare Airport in Chicago after the computer outage Friday. 'I can see maybe 1,000 others and I know the line goes around the corner too,' this Twitter user captioned this snap.

Dulles, Washington D.C: 'Nothing is moving. Very frustrating,' One twitter user wrote as they shared this snap from Dulles Airport in Washington.

JFK, New York: One traveler shared this picture, writing: 'Here's a better perspective of the customs line at JFK.

People are growing frustrated. Nothing like landing after a 10 hour flight to this'

O'Hare, Chicago: Some passengers were stuck on planes. Above a snap is shared by a flyer landing at O'Hare Airport in Chicago.

Philadelphia: Luggage awaits pickup at Philadelphia International Airport after the computer outage on Friday.


Philadelphia: A massive crowd waits to get processed through Customs after their system shut down.

San Francisco: Luggage awaits passengers arriving at the city's international airport.


San Francisco: Lines extended well out of the door as people waited to get processed.

Toronto's airport was also affected by the outage. Crowds of people wait at the customs line at Toronto Pearson Airport.

in the us of a.

Hackers una welldone ooo...

These kind stuff can't happen in NIGERIA Airport.

the Anambra Swedish wife said it all , Africans are accustomed to manage stress unlike oyibos

Do you people forget that no system is 100% perfect and safe?

I can't even breathe in this kind of crowded environment

How were they able to do it

starbuck:
I can't even breathe in this kind of crowded environment

How were they able to do it

Air-conditioning system.

Hmmm, this is serious

I'm claustrophobic, I swear I would av passed out if I was amidst any of those crowded airports.

Everyone should be vetted oh no matter how long it takes. We don't want any terrorist getting into our country

Someone might have taken advantage of this to move high volume of unchecked goods