Federal officials halted Southwest Airlines flights from taking off on Tuesday, triggering a tidal wave of delays across the country
SAN FRANCISCO -- Federal officials halted Southwest Airlines flights from taking off on Tuesday.
Southwest said on Twitter that it asked the Federal Aviation Administration to hold up departures because of"intermittent" technical issues and hoped to resume flights as soon as possible. experienced a technical issue with one of their internal systems. At the airline's request, the FAA paused Southwest's departures as they resolved the issue. The pause has been lifted and their service has resumed.
Southwest called the problem"intermittent technology issues" in a social media post to customers. Several have taken to social media to complain about delayed flights.
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