Airlines Backup Outage 
Plan B Consulting
APRIL 11, 2025
In todays bulletin, Charlie discusses Heathrow Airports recent power outage and gives advice on how we can learn from the event. Many showed quite a lack of understanding about backup power. There was another news item suggesting that airlines had raised concerns about power issues in the months preceding the incident.
Pure Storage
JULY 16, 2025
When an airline check-in stalls, a retailer’s cart spins, or a quarterly close drags past the deadline, the source of the pain often traces back to the same place: the database engine. Backup and recovery systems inherited from the same era are frequent targets during cyberattacks. These outcomes are no longer hypothetical.
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Plan B Consulting
JUNE 7, 2017
Many are asking why the airline didn’t have backup systems, where their planning for this type of event was and why the plan hadn’t been exercised, as this would have greatly improved their response. The post The British Airways IT Outage – An Alternative View appeared first on PlanB Consulting.
Plan B Consulting
JUNE 7, 2017
Many are asking why the airline didn’t have backup systems, where their planning for this type of event was and why the plan hadn’t been exercised, as this would have greatly improved their response. The post The British Airways IT Outage – An Alternative View appeared first on PlanB Consulting.
Plan B Consulting
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
I think with cyber threats and power outages being the focus of the moment, occupying us business continuity folks, we have forgotten about a good old threat: the computer outage. If air flights only ran from 9-5, then airlines could do some evening work to catch up. Customers also need to be aware of what they are buying.
Pure Storage
OCTOBER 8, 2024
This eliminates the complicated and time-consuming process of planning and executing multiple workload outages while data is moved and then cut over to the new array. This will present a system stability problem in an unexpected component outage because critical data will be lost.
Pure Storage
MAY 7, 2024
When a hurricane leads to widespread power outages, flooding, and workforce disruption, for example, an effective disaster recovery plan ensures that IT systems remain up and running and that operations can come back online as soon as possible. This includes minimizing downtime, minimizing data loss, and ensuring business continuity.
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