Delta Airlines flights grounded by a computer crash – Le Figaro

The US company is affected by a computer breakdown that prevents large-scale flight to take off. Aircraft in flight “functioning normally”.

Delta Airlines flights were all delayed on Monday morning by a computer failure “major”. The US company said it faced a national breakdown of its computer system and therefore the flights were grounded until a solution is found.

“Delta Airlines is facing a computer breakdown affecting flights scheduled this morning. awaiting departure flights are being delayed. Flights that have already taken off work normally, “the company said on Twitter to users who were concerned about the announced delays. She also hoped that “[failure] will not last very long,” without advancing the time it would take to solve the problem.

The company said in a statement, later in the morning, that this problem was due to “a power failure in Atlanta.” “A power failure in Atlanta, which began 2:38 [local time, 6:38 GMT], has affected the computer systems of Delta Airlines and its operations around the world.”

Delta urges travelers ” to check the status of their flight this morning, while we try to solve the problem, “advises the company on social networks, flooded with worried or disgruntled passengers messages whose flights were delayed. Delta supports 5,000 departures per day and is part of the SkyTeam alliance, to other companies sides like Air France-KLM.