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Computer Glitch Grounds Two Airlines

Computer Glitch Grounds Two Airlines

A computer glitch was blamed for the nationwide grounding of American Airlines and US Airways on Sunday morning, causing delays that were expected to last all day.

US Airways’ flight-operation database malfunctioned due to “an internal technology problem,” spokeswoman Amy Kudwa told the Associated Press. A similar problem affected American Airlines’ flight plan system, grounding about 150 flights, spokesman John Hotard said. Both airlines use a computer system created by Plano, Texas-based Electronic Data Systems. An EDS spokesman said an “extensive internal evaluation” was under way to determine what happened.

Ok Ross, quit playing with the switch. -KF

Source: ZDNet

Comments

  1. Nomad
    Nomad I bet someone got fired.
  2. KingFish
    KingFish Fired plus a good ass-kicking.

    KF
  3. TheSmJ
    TheSmJ Actually, I saw on the news last night that it was chalked up to "Human error".

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