Tens of thousands of Delta Airlines passengers around the world were stranded Monday by a computer outage that the company said has delayed the departure of all of its flights.
“Delta has experienced a computer outage that has affected flights scheduled for this morning,” the company said in a statement.
“Flights awaiting departure are currently delayed. Flights enroute are operating normally,” the Atlanta, Georgia-based US airline said.
Delta urged travellers to check the status of their flights “while the issue is being addressed.”
Delta gave no information on what caused the computer outage, or any indication of how long it would take to fix the problem.
On Twitter, Delta representatives urged patience and apologized as they dealt with a flood of messages from concerned passengers.
“All our flights are grounded due to the outage,” read one tweet.“We’re experiencing a systemwide issue,” read another.
Lines of passengers were backing up at Delta ticket counters at US airports.
At Los Angeles, passengers on a flight to New York has to get off their plane and
