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Delta Air Lines grounds all flights worldwide after tech glitch ‘everywhere’
Market Watch ^ | August 8, 2016 | Sara Sjolin

Posted on 08/08/2016 4:03:15 AM PDT by Enchante

Delta Air Lines Inc. has grounded all flights worldwide as a computer glitch is leaving passengers unable to check in.

The second-biggest U.S. airline DAL, -1.78% said via Twitter that “all flights are grounded due to a system outage,” prompting long delays at airports around the world.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airlines; aviation; dal; delta; flightsgrounded; grounded; systemoutage; travel
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To: nd76

Bummer. Sorry to hear that. Hope you get home, soon.


41 posted on 08/08/2016 6:06:27 AM PDT by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

LOL...that is SO true!! They need to let Hellary in on their *secret*.


42 posted on 08/08/2016 6:07:12 AM PDT by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: Enchante

The airline industry and the customer experience has dropped like a rock over the past 7.5 years. I fly only when necessary and choose direct flights - it’s really not fun at all.


43 posted on 08/08/2016 6:07:32 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Celtic Conservative

When I travel, you see CNN on the TVs. However, unless there is a major breaking story, or weather event, people generally are not paying attention.

1) The CNN airport feed constantly rehashes the same stuff

2) People are focused either getting from point A to point B or their phones.


44 posted on 08/08/2016 6:10:14 AM PDT by drop 50 and fire for effect ("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.)
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

DAL had a data center in Eagan, MN at one time. But I can’t find any online references to it being operational after 2013.

I found the Eegan facility listed in DAL’s Sec 10K filing for 2013. But it disappeared from the 2014 10K filing.

There are news articles that it was sold in 2013:

http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2013/03/28/delta-air-lines-sells-data-center.html

http://sunthisweek.com/2013/04/01/delta-data-center-in-eagan-sold/

But the articles claim that DAL signed an 8 year leaseback on it. I’m confused...

Can anyone confirm whether the DAL Eagan Data Center is still operational as of 2016?


45 posted on 08/08/2016 6:11:05 AM PDT by Gideon7
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To: 1Old Pro

I no longer fly for business, but fly 3 or 4 times a year for pleasure trips. All I can think about at airports is “G-d damned moslems.” They cost the nation hundreds of billions of dollars per year that we get zero value from. I wouldn’t be surprised if moslems alone cut GDP by a half point every year — and from here to eternity.


46 posted on 08/08/2016 6:18:04 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: CGASMIA68

The story I heard was that they lost power to their main data center.

IOW, both commercial power and their backup source went bad.

Maybe, maybe not.


47 posted on 08/08/2016 6:45:19 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Enchante

I’ve got a Delta flight tomorrow and will really be pissed if it gets cancelled.


48 posted on 08/08/2016 6:55:07 AM PDT by Boomer One ( ToUsesn)
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To: DuncanWaring

Thats pretty sad if true,especially the E Gen going down or not coming up.
I ran a data center for a credit union and the E gen tested its self every Wednesday at 5AM


49 posted on 08/08/2016 7:05:27 AM PDT by CGASMIA68 (kant spell er punktuate,fluncked english.Gramer to!!)
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To: Enchante

Mrs. Toast is a Delta Flight Attendant.
I talked to her this morning and she was bracing for a very bad day.


50 posted on 08/08/2016 7:13:06 AM PDT by toast
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To: Lou L

My first thought was this was an intentional hack. If so, they will never tell us.


51 posted on 08/08/2016 7:32:37 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: CGASMIA68
Probably comes down to $$$

Pay now or pay later.If they had a work around they would be up and running as we “type” and no one would be aware of the hit but them.

Yeah, isn't it funny how that seems to keep happening? It's so difficult for people to add up the numbers. Since the event happened, the risk is now 1.0 and the exposure is mounting. Im sure they rationalized the risk to a value so low they decided not to spend the money on the mitigation...

52 posted on 08/08/2016 7:37:21 AM PDT by no-s (when democracy is displaced by tyranny, the armed citizen still gets to vote...)
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To: Flick Lives
Glitch: MSM’s in-depth explanation of any technical failure

"Glitch" is also allowed by the MSM, for any egregious infraction committed by, or caused by Democrats. See "rollout of Obamacare websites," for example.

53 posted on 08/08/2016 7:54:51 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: nd76

Delta is ready when you are.

Well, mostly.

Best of luck.

I was in Omaha in the early 1990’s when my company bought another company. It had been a long time since I saw a downtown area clear out that fast.


54 posted on 08/08/2016 1:27:32 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Enchante

55 posted on 08/08/2016 1:32:24 PM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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To: Bratch

???


56 posted on 08/08/2016 1:33:36 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: Enchante

Great. Now I feel ancient.

That’s a gif from the movie, “Airplane”. Watch it sometime; it’s bladder-buster.


57 posted on 08/08/2016 1:36:43 PM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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To: Alas Babylon!

How about an ap to turn it off?


58 posted on 08/08/2016 4:12:10 PM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: Enchante

Local news reports that 4 of the next Delta flights out of Charleston, SC. have been cancelled due to the glitch. Could be more cancellations later.


59 posted on 08/09/2016 3:05:16 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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