Delta Air Lines is leading carriers in the number of canceled flights at Denver International Airport on Monday — with 31 flights axed — five days after a technology meltdown snarled computer systems across the globe.
There were 458 flight delays at DIA and 41 nixed flights overall as of 6 p.m., according to data from flight tracking website FlightAware. Southwest Airlines took the crown in delays Monday, with 179.
The Federal Aviation Administration reported some destination-specific delays for departing flights because of thunderstorms, including Newark International Airport, John F Kennedy International Airport, George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport and Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport.
Monday’s early slowdown follows several days of operational tumult at the airport.More than 600 flights were canceled or delayed Sunday while more than 800 flights were delayed or scrapped the day before at DIA.
The worst day was Friday, when more than 1,200 flights were affected by the technology meltdown, which impacted airports, banks and hospitals around the world.Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said the issue believed to be behind the outage was not a security incident or cyberattack — and that a fix was on the way.
The company said the problem occurred when it deployed a faulty update to computers running Microsoft Windows.
As of 6 p.m. Monday, there were more than 9,000 delays within, into or out of the United States, and 1,425 flight cancellations. Southwest was the leader in delays with more than 1,600.
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Originally Published: July 22, 2024 at 9:13 a.m.
