Delta domestic ground stop Sunday Jan 29 evening; computer issues

[FWAAA]

Here we go again. This week it's Delta that's grounded its domestic flights due to computer issues:

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/29/delta-air-lines-domestic-flights-grounded-by-automation-issues.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ted-domestic-flights-after-automation-failure

http://www.ajc.com/news/local/delta-flights-delayed-due-computer-outage/qne9X06ckFMYVV8XZe8HEI/

I don't want to sound like a conspiracy nutjob, but if I were al Qaeda or the Islamic State, shutting down the big airlines' computer systems would be on my to-do list. The sheer number of computer incidents the past couple of years makes me skeptical that they're all just hardware/software/incompetent IT manager issues.

 

[FWAAA]

Nearly two and a half hours later, the ground stop was lifted:

Delta Air Lines Inc.’s grounding of U.S. flights was lifted after almost two and a half hours, ending the second disruption among major U.S. domestic airlines in just one week.

The Federal Aviation Administration, which said “automation issues” at Delta were to blame, in a later statement said the grounding was canceled. Delta’s international flights were exempt from the problem.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ted-domestic-flights-after-automation-failure

 

[swamt]

Wow! Who's next. First it was United and SWA, now Delta, is AA next? Still no hacks I presume??

 

[Kev3188]

Anything's possible...