https://www.wkms.org/tags/delta Delta en-US Copyright Tue, 09 Aug 2016 20:44:00 GMT https://www.wkms.org/business-economy/2016-08-09/why-the-airline-industry-could-keep-suffering-system-failures-like-deltas Delta's massive outage wasn't the first malfunction to wreak havoc on an airline. The industry's systems are complex and require high security, which can make them more prone to shutdowns. Tue, 09 Aug 2016 20:44:00 GMT https://www.wkms.org/business-economy/2016-08-09/why-the-airline-industry-could-keep-suffering-system-failures-like-deltas Laura Sydell https://www.wkms.org/business-economy/2016-08-08/delta-flights-grounded-for-hours-due-to-worldwide-system-outage For hours, all Delta flights that had not yet departed were grounded. Delta says a power outage was responsible for the computer failure; Georgia Power says the problem was with Delta's equipment. Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:33:00 GMT https://www.wkms.org/business-economy/2016-08-08/delta-flights-grounded-for-hours-due-to-worldwide-system-outage Camila Domonoske