Lufthansa flights were grounded or diverted due to an IT failure. Credit: Nick Herasimenka on Unsplash.

Hundreds of Lufthansa flights were grounded or diverted at Frankfurt Airport, Germany, due to a technical glitch at Lufthansa, Reuters reported.

A spokesperson of airport operator Fraport told the news agency that more than 200 flights were cancelled at Frankfurt, one of Europe’s largest airports.

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Flag carrier Lufthansa blamed it on railway engineering works that damaged broadband cables.

The damage to the cables led to check-in and boarding problems.

Due to this glitch, German air traffic control (ATC) also temporarily suspended all incoming flights at the airport.

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The problem was later addressed, with information technology (IT) systems rebooting and flight departures resumed at the airport.

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Germany’s national train operator Deutsche Bahn blamed it on the third-party engineering works on a railway line extension, when a drill cut through a Deutsche Telekom fibre-optic cable bundle, according to the news agency.

The technical problems also led to the cancellation of a flight to Frankfurt from Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.

Deutsche Telekom said in a statement: “Two cables have already been repaired overnight by our technical team and many customers are already back online.”

In January, flights across the US came to a standstill after technical issues in the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) computer system.

The FAA system, which informs pilots about the hazards along a flight route, was unable to process updated information due to these issues.

Passengers reported delays and outages on flights via social media sites.