Southwest Says Technology Failures Disrupt Flights, Check-in
Southwest CEO Kelly: Worst Is Behind Us on Tech Outage
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Southwest Airlines Co. said technical disruptions grounded some planes, blocked use of its website and prevented travelers from checking in for flights Wednesday.
Intermittent issues with “multiple technology systems” started in the afternoon, the carrier said in an e-mailed statement. The problems forced Southwest to ground flights that hadn’t left their airport gates, and to manually process some customers.