Kelowna International Airport says it is investigating after its public address system and flight information display systems were hacked by a third party on Tuesday evening.
Several several media users said they saw and heard pro-Hamas and anti-Trump messages at the airport in B.C.’s Okanagan.
Phillip Elchitz, the airport’s director of operations and innovation, told CBC News “a third party gained access” to the flight information display system at the airport and the PA system in the terminal building.
He said pro-Hamas and anti-Trump messages were briefly announced over the PA system and displayed on screens.
Elchitz said the PA system was fixed after around 20 seconds while it took a few minutes for the images to be removed from the displays.
He said a few flights were delayed at the airport, but things returned to normal on Tuesday night and they expected a full day of operations on Wednesday.
“We’re working with our service providers to better understand how these files ended up on these screens and on the PA system,” he told CBC News.
“And obviously we want to make sure that whatever security loopholes that existed within those systems are shut down completely so this doesn’t happen again.”
Elchitz said he believed other airports may also have been affected.
CBC News has reached out to Transport Canada for comment.
