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Outdated Software, Nationwide Chaos: United Grounds Flights After Meltdown
United Airlines passengers across the country found themselves stranded, confused, and angry on Wednesday as a massive technology failure triggered a nationwide grounding of flights. The culprit: U…
United Airlines passengers across the country found themselves stranded, confused, and angry on Wednesday as a massive technology failure triggered a nationwide grounding of flights. From major hubs in Chicago, Newark, Denver, Houston, to San Francisco, the outage rippled through the airline’s scheduling, flight tracking, and aircraft balancing systems. Airline experts have long warned that the industry’s backbone includes outdated systems that were never designed to withstand the scale and complexity of modern flight operations.
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