Flight cancellations, delays persist as airlines work to catch up after global tech outage
YOU CAN FIND IT ALL IN THE NC
CAPITOL SECTION.
>> OF THE RAIN THIS MORNING
ALONG WITH THE RIPPLE EFFECTS
FROM THE GLOBAL TECH OUTAGE
THAT GROUNDED FLIGHTS FRIDAY
MORNING IS CAUSING SOME
PROBLEMS OUT AT RDU. THIS IS A
LIVE LOOK OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
WRAL'S NICK PARLIN IS AT RDU
THIS MORNING AND ALREADY THIS
MORNING, QUITE A FEW FLIGHTS
CANCELED AND DELAYED NEXT.
>> AND JEFF ARE SEEING THOSE
CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS NOT
JUST HERE AT RDU BUT NATIONWIDE
FOLLOWING THAT TECH OUTAGE.
NOW, WE DO KNOW THAT THIS
STARTED FRIDAY AND COST
THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS NATIONWIDE
TO BE CANCELED. AND THAT JUST
CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL ISSUES FOR
MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO GET
AROUND THIS WEEKEND. AND AS
WE CAN CONTINUE TO AIRLINES
WERE STRUGGLING BUT WERE ABLE
TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS, BUT
STILL PASSENGERS THAT WE SPOKE
TO AT RDU SAY THAT THEY
EXPERIENCED MAJOR DELAYS.
AND TODAY THAT ISSUE WAS STILL
LINGERING. WE KNOW OVER 500
FLIGHTS ARCED WERE CANCELED
NATIONWIDE AND HERE AT RDU, WE
KNOW 12 FLIGHTS HAVE ALREADY
BEEN CANCELED. SO WE'RE GOING
TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS AS
THE AIRPORT AIRLINES CONTINUE
TO TRY TO RECOVER FROM THAT
MAJOR TECH ISSUE. ONCE WE HAVE
MORE INFORMATION ON WHEN THIS
PLACE WILL BE RESCHEDULED,
WE'LL BE SURE TO UPDATE YOU
LIVE AT RDU NICK PERLIN WRAL