Southwest has delayed 1,728 flights or 41% of its schedule as late Tuesday morning.
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"Southwest Airlines requested the FAA pause the airline's departures," the agency told CNN in a statement. The problems come months after the airline was forced to cancel more than 16,700 flights between December 20 and 29, roughly half its schedule during that period. The airline attributed the meltdown in part to changes to its staff scheduling computer systems. Southwest last month unveiled an "action plan" to prevent another operational meltdown.
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