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Airline computer glitches gone wild

When Delta Airlines cancelled more than 2000 flights this week, it sent an unintended message to people planning to fly, for business or pleasure. It could happen to you.

By Warren Olney • Aug 12, 2016 • 52m Listen

Photo: Delta passengers wait to check in following a Delta Airlines system-wide computer breakdown, at Newark International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, August 8, 2016. (Joseph Ax/Reuters)

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Paul von Zielbauer
Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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Airline computer glitches gone wild

When Delta Airlines cancelled more than 2000 flights this week, it sent an unintended message to people planning to fly, for business or pleasure. It could happen to you.

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Airline computer glitches gone wild

When Delta Airlines cancelled more than 2000 flights this week, it sent an unintended message to people planning to fly, for business or pleasure. It could happen to you.

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