Southwest Computer Outages Force Airline to Cancel

Southwest Airlines dealt with flight cancellations and passenger frustration on Wednesday

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after a computer outage on Tuesday and complications with a third-party weather data provider.

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When the weather data source failed, the airline delayed 1,500 flights on Monday, according to The Associated Press.

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A technology issue grounded planes on Tuesday, forcing the airline to cancel hundreds more flights and delay over 1,000.

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An FAA spokeswoman informed the AP that Southwest departures were halted for 45 minutes.

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Southwest tweeted Tuesday night "in the process of resuming normal operations after a system issue this afternoon that created flight disruptions

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On Wednesday morning, Southwest told USA Today, "While our technology issues from Tuesday have been resolved, we are still

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experiencing a small number of cancellations and delays across our network as we continue working to resume normal operations."

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The spokesman said "We appreciate our customers' patience as we work to get them to their destinations as quickly as possible."

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