Delta flights delayed due to computer outage
Delta Air Lines passengers who sent tweets to Delta’s account Sunday night received a message that technical issues with the IT system were causing delays.
The outage was first reported around 7:15 p.m. when the airline tweeted to customers about the issue.
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“We’re experiencing technical issues impacting the operation. Our technical teams are working to resolve this as quickly as possible to minimize the impact to our customers. We apologize for any inconvenience our customers may experience.”
BREAKING: "This is an extensive outage. The ground stop is in place for another hour." - #Delta captain pic.twitter.com/ZurM7GKC5z
— Craig Lucie (@CraigLucie) January 30, 2017
A captain told Channel 2 Action News the outage might last until 8:30 p.m. and could be extensive and just before 9 p.m. said delays would take at least another hour.
Delta spokesman Morgan Durrant said teams are working expeditiously to fix a systems outage that is causing departure delays for flights on the ground.
“Flights in the air remain unaffected,” Durrant said.
Similar problems were reported last August, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution previously reported.
@CraigLucie
— Michelle Frenzel (@nuggiesma) January 30, 2017
Grounded on plane at gate in DTW. Was on tarmac, turned back to gate. Delta had same problem in Augusthttps://t.co/k0uNg07vif
The airline apologized through its spokesman and asks those seeking updates to visit news.delta.com.
