Computer Glitch Causes 5-Hour Delays at LAX

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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LAX sucks already -- I'm sure this episode made it suck
much more.

Via MSNBC (AP).

[snip]

About 2,500 international passengers were stranded for as long as five
hours Saturday on planes and in terminals at Los Angeles International
Airport because a computer shutdown prevented them from passing through
customs, authorities said.

The passengers were stranded in four airport terminals and on runways
starting at about 1:30 p.m. because of a breakdown in a computer system
that contains names of arriving passengers and law enforcement data about
them including arrest warrants, said Mike Fleming, a Customs and Border
Protection spokesman.

[snip]

More:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20231407/

Local:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lax12aug12,1,6412046.story

- - ferg


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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