Air India passengers have been left stranded across the world due to a 'technical glitch' in their check-in software.

The airline reported that the SITA software - the IT service which provides check-in, baggage and boarding technology - is currently down.

"SITA server is down. Due to which flight operation is affected. Our technical teams are on work and soon system may be recovered," the airline's spokesperson said.

One passenger said: "Full chaos at T3 at @airindiain no one to help @AAI_Official no information on air india flight. 1000 of people are clueless. Plz help."

Another said: :Server of Air India is down since almost 8 hours now.

"Thousand of passengers are waiting at Airport to board flights. In India this can happen only with Government / Public Sector Undertakings.

"Have you ever heard this with Private Players Indigo, Go Air, Spicejet & Vistara."

Minutes later reports started flooding in that the system was back up with News Nation saying it had been restored with flights to resume as normal.

Air India flights have been affected across the sub continent

The airline had tweeted: "Due to a breakdown in our server system some of our flights are getting affected all over the world.

"Work is on in full swing to restore the system. We sincerely regret inconvenience caused to passengers.

A similar incident took place in June last year when a technical glitch in the airline's check-in software delayed many flights.

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