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As if the weather isn't bad enough, United Airlines this morning suffered nationwide delays due to a computer malfunction
"We are experiencing issues with our passenger service computer system," United said in a statement. "We are working to resolve this as quickly as possible and apologize to our customers for any inconvenience."
Passengers immediately took to social media to relay the problems.
@KDVR Major security checkpoint wait at DIA now probably due to United issues? All checkpoints backed up pic.twitter.com/vUknAqcdAt - Steve Globetrotter (@globetrotter98) February 18, 2014
@KDVR Major security checkpoint wait at DIA now probably due to United issues? All checkpoints backed up pic.twitter.com/vUknAqcdAt
Smh @united got everybody missing their flights out of iah - Seth Thomas (@karlito_2k9) February 18, 2014
Smh @united got everybody missing their flights out of iah
And they used Twitter to shoot questions directly to United.
@united What are we supposed to do if we can't check into our flight?! - emily lottes (@eklottes) February 18, 2014
@united What are we supposed to do if we can't check into our flight?!
United has one of the better airline social media staffs and has been replying to passengers fairly quickly.
@karlito_2k9 We apologize for the delays. ^JJ - United (@united) February 18, 2014
@karlito_2k9 We apologize for the delays. ^JJ
The cause of the computer glitch was unknown - many remember the issues the carrier had in the summer of 2012 soon after it merged with Continental - but United reported its systems were back online by Noon EST.
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