Delta grounds U.S. flights due to automation issue
Delta grounds U.S. flights due to automation issue:- Delta Air Lines late Sunday grounded its U.S. flights due to an automation issue, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The FAA’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center said in a statement that international flights were exempt.
Morgan Durrant, a Delta spokesman, apologized for the inconvenience and said teams “are expeditiously working to fix a systems outage that has resulted in departure delays for flights on the ground.” Flights in the air remain unaffected, he said in a statement.
People, families trying to reschedule flights out of @TucsonAirport because of @Delta system outage. pic.twitter.com/SJF5Yk7RoB
— Samantha Cortese (@SamanthaCortese) January 30, 2017
Reports on social media Sunday showed flight disruptions at airports in Atlanta, New York City, Houston, Tucson, Austin, and other U.S. cities.
Exactly a week earlier, United Airlines grounded its domestic flights due to a computer outage. In that outage, as in this one, international flights were not affected.
U.S. officials last Sunday said the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System, or ACARS, was having issues with low bandwidth.
Delta teams are working to fix a systems outage that has resulted in departure delays. Flights in the air remain unaffected.
— Delta (@Delta) January 30, 2017
@Delta busting out the emergency snacks because of the outage…This is when you know it's bad… pic.twitter.com/Us5UQdhaPR
— Kevin Chiu (@Pkchiu88) January 30, 2017
Source:-Â http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2017/01/29/delta-grounds-us-flights-due-automation-issue/97228182/
