Southwest tech failure causes 12-hour shutdown, 1,000 cancellations

Credit: Rob Finlayson
Southwest Airlines canceled hundreds of flights following a systemwide technology outage that began at 1 p.m. CST Wednesday, July 20. The Dallas-based carrier reported that most of its systems were back online by the beginning of the operational day Thursday, July 21. Southwest operates just over 3...
Mark Nensel

Mark Nensel is the Managing Editor of Aviation Daily. Prior to taking the helm of daily production of Aviation Week's commercial aviation newsletter…

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