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British Airways IT Outage Caused By Contractor Who Accidentally Switched off Power (independent.ie)

Posted by msmash on from the getting-to-the-bottom-of-things dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: A contractor doing maintenance work at a British Airways data centre inadvertently switched off the power supply, knocking out the airline's computer systems and leaving 75,000 people stranded last weekend, according to reports. A BA source told The Times the power supply unit that sparked the IT failure was working perfectly but was accidentally shut down by a worker.

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  1. Did they try... by 110010001000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...turning it on again?

    1. Re: Did they try... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      text book example of a "career changing event"

    2. Re:Did they try... by I'm+New+Around+Here · · Score: 5, Funny

      >

      Remember, kids, don't plug your "servers" into a $5 power strip and hope for the best.

      Yes, buy a Monster power strip for $50. It has gold plated vacuum tubes for effecient power control. ;^)

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    3. Re: Did they try... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Almost forget... 3) Kiss my shiny metal ass!

  2. What the heck does this switch do? by JoeyRox · · Score: 4, Funny

    No sure Bob - just flip it so that we can go get some lunch. I'm starving.

  3. Re:How is this a thing by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 3, Funny

    Worker: The sign says "Do not use"
    Manager: I don't care what it says, flip the switch
    Worker: That's a really stupid idea
    Manager: Do it, or you're fired
    Worker:
    Manager: Well, now you really screwed things up, you're fired!

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