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In a situation reminiscent of Delta’s multi-day IT outage in late 2016, Delta flights nationwide were grounded for more than an hour Tuesday night due to an IT issue. At 8:28pm ET, Delta issued the following statement:
As of a 8:40pm ET update from the Federal Aviation Administration, the ground stop was still active for all Delta mainline flights “from the lower 48” to Atlanta (ATL), New York’s Kennedy (JFK) and LaGuardia (LGA) through at least 9:45pm with a “medium” probability of being extended:
FlightRadar24 tracking showed a noticeable decrease in the number of Delta flights in the air, presumably due to the IT issue:
Delta flights yesterday and today 20:35 EDT (00:35 UTC).
View Delta flights with call sign filter ‘DAL’ or search Delta in our iOS or Android app Airline filters. pic.twitter.com/CX5yor3yEn
However, the problem didn’t last as long as the FAA predicted — at least according to Delta. At 9:18pm, Delta confirmed via Twitter that the IT systems had been restored and all ground stops are lifted:
TPG‘s Brendan Dorsey was in Boston Logan (BOS) trying to catch a Delta flight when the nationwide ground stop occurred. The issue first affected him when he tried to check-in to the Delta lounge, which agents blamed on a power outage. Even when the Delta ground stop was lifted for Boston, Delta gate agents weren’t able to scan boarding passes when boarding the plane.
Source: thepointsguy.com