Photos posted on social networks by stranded passengers showed long lines at New York’s JFK and Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson.
Other airports were also affected by the Monday outage which was eventually resolved at about 9:30 p.m. EST (02.30 GMT), the Guardian reported.
“All airports are back on line after a temporary outage of CBP’s processing systems. During the disruption, CBP had access to national security-related databases and all travelers were screened according to security standards,” the Customs and Border Protection agency said in a statement.
A similar computer breakdown at US airports happened a year ago.
READ MORE: Nationwide Customs Computer System Outage Creates Chaos at US Airports
In January 2017, a computer glitch at several US airports left thousands of inbound international travelers stuck behind customs screening stations for about four hours until the system was finally up and running again.
What a nightmare at Miami’s airport. Passport system is down. @WPTV pic.twitter.com/QL17jSlFCP
— Chris Stewart (@CStewartWPTV) 2 января 2018 г.
Down by design??? Who’s trying to get out now?? Hope FBI is thete but then again they’re disgraced
— 4americans (@jilljillvccrc) 2 января 2018 г.
