Southwest passengers face delays again after nationwide grounding
The ground stop was brief, but it caused nearly half of all Southwest flights to be delayed.
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The ground stop was brief, but it caused nearly half of all Southwest flights to be delayed.
Southwest Airlines planes were briefly grounded nationwide Tuesday for what the airline called an intermittent technology issue, leading to more than 1,800 delayed flights just four months after the carrier suffered a much bigger meltdown over the Christmas travel rush.
Southwest Airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration said by late morning on the East Coast that the pause had been lifted.
Southwest Airlines took another reputational hit on Tuesday, after technical issues forced the company to briefly ground all flights nationwide, leading to more than 2,400 delayed flights.
DALLAS -- Southwest Airlines planes were briefly grounded nationwide early Tuesday for what the airline called an intermittent technology issue, leading to thousands of delayed flights just four months after the carrier suffered a much bigger meltdown over the Christmas travel rush.