Power Outage In Atlanta Causes Worldwide Delta Meltdown

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Delta Airlines flights were grounded worldwide today following an early morning power outage in Atlanta, where the airline"s operations are headquartered. Delta says power outage happened around 2:30 a.m., and while flights that were in progress were able to reach their destinations, the airline was forced to halt flights throughout the morning, and expects cancellations and delays to continue.

Limited departures resumed at 8:40 a.m., but Delta is still warning travelers to expect delays or cancellations today. Some travelers arriving at airports this morning had no idea about the meltdown until they beheld the smoldering shitshow awaiting them at their respective Delta terminals, where large crowds stared forlornly at airport screens that were incorrectly showing flights on time.

Delta is issuing travel waivers for flights that are cancelled or "significantly" delayed; details here. And the airline is continuing to update the situation here.

Source: http://gothamist.com/2016/08/08/power_outage_in_atlanta_causes_worl.php

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Delta reports canceling 427 flights due to computer outage

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Delta Airlines has lifted its widespread grounding of flights blamed on a Monday computer outage, though hundreds of cancellations and delays continued, the airline said in a statement.

The airline reports it canceled 427 flights Monday morning due to a power outage impacting Delta operations system wide. As of 1 p.m. Delta while operating about 1,590 of its nearly 6,000 scheduled flights so far today. While systems are improving and flights are resuming, delays and cancellations continue.

Customers heading to the airport should expect delays and cancellations, the airline said in a statement.

While inquiries are high and wait times are long, our customer service agents are doing everything they can to assist. There may also be some lag time in the display of accurate flight status at delta.com...and from Delta representatives on the phone and in airport, the statement said .

The power outage in Atlanta, which began at 2:30 a.m., prompted a Delta Airlines to predict large scale flight cancellations and delays for its worldwide operations.

Customers heading to the airport should expect delays and cancellations, the airline said in a statement.

Computer outages were an issue earlier this summer for Southwest Airlines, which was forced to cancel more than 2,000 flights across the U.S. last month after technology problems prevented many travelers from checking in or boarding flights.

Source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article94326767.html

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