Southwest Airlines grounds all flights due to ‘technical errors’

Southwest Airlines on Tuesday briefly grounded all its flights due to “technical errors” as angry passengers blasted the company for delays — a repeat of the disastrous meltdown suffered by the carrier during the Christmas holiday.

“We have had to implement a ground stop as a result of intermittent issues that were experienced, and we should hopefully be resuming our operation as soon as possible,” a Southwest Airlines spokesperson tweeted in response to an angry customer who said they were “sitting in a plane waiting for computers to come back.” ---More...

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