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Computer “Glitch” grounds the fleet!

Posted By admin On 12. June 2011 @ 14:45 In computer "bug", Commercial Systems, Glitch, Monitoring, Troubleshooting, Computers | 1 Comment

On June 10th (Friday night) U.S. Airways employees and passengers found themselves helpless in the face of a system shutdown that put the kabosh on all flights.  Even their web-site was down so stranded passengers couldn’t even re-book a flight. Planes were sitting there, on the tarmac waiting for out-bond passengers while incoming flights arrived with their bellies full of unsuspecting people destined for disappointment and aggravation.

Glad I wasn’t there…

From down in the trenches, I am Tom from [1] Networking Delaware


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