British Airways Computer System Outage Affects U.S. Airports
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Computer outages struck British Airways check-in systems at numerous U.S. airports Tuesday evening.
The airline reported its IT teams were working to fix the problem, and some customers were experiencing delays for check-in for their flights.
Images of long lines at British Airways check-in stations in Atlanta, San Francisco and Mexico City appeared on Twitter late Monday.
Line in #Atl airport for @British_Airways - rep says there's a worldwide check-in system failure. #lovely pic.twitter.com/F1YSGZgEkJ
— Jack Maddox (@MaddoxJack) September 6, 2016
@British_Airways.. En pleno 2016 se cae tu sistema? De verdad? Y el vuelo si sale a las 9? Y la puntualidad inglesa? pic.twitter.com/OyNYAM6H5n
— Pao (@PaoPuente) September 6, 2016
This was the second major computer outage in the last few months that has impacted the U.S., CBS News reorted.
On May 29, a British Airways computer system outage caused a major travel headache at John F. Kennedy International Airport Sunday evening.
The computer system outage in May delays caused delays cancellations for hundreds at JFK.