Southwest Airlines’ system issues continue for 2nd day

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Southwest Airlines’ computer issues continued into Tuesday afternoon, a day after a computer glitch stranded passengers at airport terminals around the country.

“We are aware of system issues and are working quickly to resolve,” the company tweeted just after 2 p.m. ET. “We will share more info soon.”

In a new statement, a company spokesperson said Southwest “proactively canceled” about 500 flights on Tuesday due to the issues and was working with impacted customers on how to get them to their destinations.

The airline blamed Tuesday’s issues on “intermittent performance issues with our network connectivity.” 

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