An 83-year-old man has been missing for a week after lingering issues from the CrowdStrike outage canceled his flight home, according to the Orlando Police Department.
Patrick A. Bailey had checked in for his flight out of Orlando International Airport in Florida on July 21. The trip was canceled “due to lingering results from the CrowdStrike outage,” police said.
“Bailey spent the night at a local hotel and checked out the following morning,” the police department said on X. “However, he did not take a flight home.”
No one has heard from Bailey since he checked out of the hotel, police said.
Bailey’s son, Patrick Bailey Jr., says his father was meant to fly home to California on July 21 after visiting his sister in Florida, but his flight was canceled, NBC affiliate WESH reported. Patrick said his father left his cellphone at the hotel and he has not been able to reach him since.
“He could have possibly taken another airline,” Bailey Jr. told the outlet. “But he hasn’t shown up at home. We’ve had people check his house.”
The Orlando Police Department is asking anyone who has seen Bailey or knows where he is to call them.
