Computer Glitch Causes Widespread Flight Delays

WASHINGTON — A computer problem Thursday morning at the Atlanta airport, the busiest in the nation, is causing the cancellation of most departing flights, leading to cascading delays at airports up the East Coast and elsewhere in the country, the authorities said.
Diane Spitaliere, an Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman in Washington, said that the problem occurred shortly after 5:00 a.m. “We’re working on the outage and should have the system up shortly,” she said just before 10:00 a.m.Morehttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/us/20air.html

Computer Glitch Causes Widespread Flight Delays