Southwest Airlines Still Recovering From Massive Computer Outage
Delays and cancellations continue for Southwest Airlines on Friday morning after a massive computer outage knocked systems off-line on Wednesday.
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Delays and cancellations continue for Southwest Airlines on Friday morning after a massive computer outage knocked systems off-line on Wednesday.
Airline executives said a router breakdown set off a chain of failures in critical technology systems a day earlier. Backup systems didn't work as expected, they said.
Many Southwest Airlines passengers are still patiently waiting to get to their destinations. The problems began with intermittent computers issues and ended with dozens of delays and hundreds of cancellations.
They fixed the glitch, but a backlog of cancelled and delayed flights has Southwest airlines playing catch-up today.
A spokeswoman says the Dallas-based airline is dealing with flight delays across its system and temporarily stopped flights that have not left their airport gate.
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