Southwest planes flying after computer glitch

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By JEFF McMURRAY

CHICAGO (AP) - Southwest Airlines was operating normally Saturday afternoon after a system-wide computer failure caused it to ground 250 flights for nearly three hours late Friday night.

Full service was restored just after 2 a.m. EDT Saturday, but the Dallas-based airline experienced lingering delays in the morning as it worked to clear a backlog of flights and reposition planes and crew.

The airline - the country's largest domestic carrier - canceled 43 flights Friday night and another 14 Saturday morning.

Southwest is the latest airline to ground flights because of a large computer outage. But its problem was minor compared to those experienced by two competitors - thanks in part to its late-day timing.

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In this Feb. 9, 2012 file photo, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 waits to take off at Chicago's Midway Airport as another lands. A spokesman for Southwest Airlines says all departing flights have been grounded due to a system-wide computer problem, Saturday, June 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

[lunasun]

1. i flew on SW after the glitch had it's effect . A lot of zombie eyed people who were grounded in the

airport still around but by Sat evening out west the flights were mostly on time( including mine )
I have used this airline before and have not had a bad experience - guess it is luck of the draw these days- but the glitch did mess up the whole airport- service wise