(NPR) The FAA Is Pausing Departures For Southwest Airlines As It Scrambles To Fix An Outage

The FAA Is Pausing Departures For Southwest Airlines As It Scrambles To Fix An Outage



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The FAA Is Pausing Departures For Southwest Airlines As It Scrambles To Fix Outage







A systemwide outage Monday night affected Southwest Airlines flights across the country.



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The FAA Is Pausing Departures For Southwest Airlines As It Scrambles To Fix An Outage






Southwest Airlines flights were delayed across the country Monday night because of a problem with the company's weather data provider. Flights were again delayed on Tuesday.