Posted on Jul 22, 2024

Delta cancels hundreds of flights as it struggles to recover after Crowdstrike failures

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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Delta Air Lines has canceled hundreds of flights for the third day in a row, as the airline is struggling to recover from Friday’s global software outage — even as other U.S. airlines are bouncing back and returning to normal operations. COL Randall Cudworth Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen LTC Eugene Chu MSgt Steve Sweeney MSG Stan Hutchison MSgt Michael Bischoff 1SG (Join to see) SSgt Richard Kensinger SGT Charlie Lee CPL LaForest Gray SrA John Monette

Delta cancels hundreds of flights as it struggles to recover after Crowdstrike failures

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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One thing many folks don't realize is that airlines are very frugal when it comes to upgrading most of the software that keep their systems running. When old software takes a hit it may not be easy to reboot it, heck some of it is probably 9older than the tech trying to get it running again.

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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They cancelled a large number of flights again yesterday.

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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News had a spot on all the folks stuck here last night.

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Delta cancels hundreds of flights as it struggles to recover after Crowdstrike failures

Delta cancels hundreds of flights as it struggles to recover after Crowdstrike failures

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