'IT Issue' Grounded All United Airlines Flights In The US (nbcnews.com)

For two and a half hours -- no take-offs. An anonymous reader quotes NBC News: All of United Airlines' domestic flights were grounded Sunday night because of a computer outage, the Federal Aviation Administration said as scores of angry travelers sounded off on social media... U.S. officials told NBC News that the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System, or ACARS, had issues with low bandwidth. No further explanation was immediately available for what United described only as "an IT issue."
An hour ago United tweeted that they'd finally lifted the stop and were "working to get flights on their way." 66 flights were cancelled just at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, the Chicago Department of Aviation told the Associated Press, and though the article doesn't identify the total number of flights affected, "Chicago-based United Airlines and United Express operate more than 4,500 flights a day to 339 airports across five continents."

Comments

Re:What is up with airlines IT structure

[l0n3s0m3phr34k]

Well, probably because this back-end system, is managed by what used to be Hewlett Packard Enterprise. They've had so many layoffs, and shuffled from company to company so many times, that the people who actually know what they are doing are all long gone.

Re:What is up with airlines IT structure

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually capitalism does work. Airline accidents are at an all time low even with much higher passenger miles, costs for a ticket are accessible to most people, delays and lost luggage aren't nearly as common, and there are plenty of choices in scheduling a flight.

But you meant something else, and I proved you wrong. How does it feel to be a socialist and wrong?