British Airways Says Computer Problems Affecting Operations at Heathrow

British Airways Says Computer Problems Affecting Operations at Heathrow (reuters.com) 18

Posted by msmash on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @04:25PM from the call-IT dept.

British Airways said on Wednesday that its operations at London's Heathrow, Europe's biggest airport, were disrupted because of an issue with a supplier's IT systems. From a report: "We are working with our supplier to resolve the matter and are sorry for the disruption to our customers' travel plans," the company said in a statement. Further reading: The Telegraph, which reports that several flights have been delayed or cancelled because of the IT failure.

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- Re: (Score:1)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  Cortes didn't burn the ships.
Too many moving parts (Score:1)

by aleck7 ( 4913657 ) writes:

I wonder if they will have enough courage to overhaul their legacy systems... so far - just patching here and there.
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  by mspohr ( 589790 ) writes:
  
  After all the airline IT problems in the past, I'm surprised that they are still running single point of failure legacy systems.
  Time for them to make serious investments.
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    by aleck7 ( 4913657 ) writes:
    
    It takes some brass bal... err, courage.
IT Cowed (Score:2)

by bestweasel ( 773758 ) writes:

Have they tried turning it off and on again [metro.co.uk]?
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Several? SEVERAL?! Call the PM - immediately! (Score:2)

by xxxJonBoyxxx ( 565205 ) writes:

>> several flights have been delayed or cancelled because of the IT failure.

Several? SEVERAL?! Call the PM - immediately!
Computer says NO! (Score:2)

by volodymyrbiryuk ( 4780959 ) writes:

*cough*
Isn't Heathrow where evil Brits go when they die? (Score:1)

by Dirk Becher ( 1061828 ) writes:

So it's just like a cold day.
How can anyone tell? (Score:2)

by sandbagger ( 654585 ) writes:

Are the delays any different?
Windows? (Score:2)

by VeryFluffyBunny ( 5037285 ) writes:

Are they using Windows? Could be the problem right there.
same thing at seatac (Score:1)

by originalGMC ( 4046055 ) writes:

IT failure yesterday grounded / delayed flights. Are the systems breaking down or are the passwords just not secure enough? .... hmmm .....

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Too many moving parts (Score:1)

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IT Cowed (Score:2)

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Several? SEVERAL?! Call the PM - immediately! (Score:2)

Computer says NO! (Score:2)

Isn't Heathrow where evil Brits go when they die? (Score:1)

How can anyone tell? (Score:2)

Windows? (Score:2)

same thing at seatac (Score:1)

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