Southwest Airlines experienced widespread delays on Wednesday due to a technology issue that caused a power outage at the airline's Dallas-area data centers. The outage led to the grounding of flights nationwide, with more than 150 flights in and out of BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport being delayed. The issue, which also affected North Texas and caused the airline's website to go down, has since been resolved. However, it resulted in a third of all Southwest flights being delayed.
A widespread “technology issue” delayed many Southwest Airlines flights Wednesday afternoon. https://t.co/XtuQQt48CU
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#BREAKING: Southwest Airlines flights across the country were delayed Wednesday due to a "technology issue." https://t.co/kJBSMqkXAZ https://t.co/w2UZvqmqtg
More than 150 Southwest Airlines flights in and out of BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport have been delayed on Wednesday, according to FlightAware. https://t.co/x42JqlWnSn