Durban flights delayed bcoz of Computer crash

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FLIGHTS were delayed during the morning rush at Durban International airport yesterday because of a computer glitch.The computer systems crashed at about 6am, preventing passengers from checking in.1Time airline was the only one unaffected by the problem.

Airports Company of South Africa spokesman Colin Naidoo told The Times that the airlines were forced to manually check in each passenger.“This delayed the scheduled flights by up to an hour. It was an inconvenience for passengers.“We expect the backlog of flights to be on schedule by the end of the day [Monday],” he said.

“Our scheduled flights for half of the day were affected. Most days, we have up to 50 flights departing and more than 50 returning.The delays had a ripple effect at other airports in South Africa, but there were no reports of passengers missing international flights.“We will investigate the problem … it is too early to say what caused the computer systems to fail,” Naidoo said.

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