A global technology outage disrupted several major airlines, causing thousands of flight cancellations and delays on Friday July 19. The tech outage impacted banks, media outlets and hospital systems around the world as well. Days after the outage, Delta travelers are still experiencing the effects.
On Friday, many unlucky travelers had to wait for hours trapped at the airport to try to check in and get onto their flights with the systems down. The glitch led to all flights getting temporarily grounded for Allegiant Air, American, Delta, Spirit and United, according to The New York Times. There were challenges and delays at many American airports, including in major hubs like Los Angeles, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago and New York, CNN reported.
