Southwest Airlines says ‘brief’ system outage affected boarding, checked bags

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(NEXSTAR) – Southwest Airlines experienced a “brief” outage on Friday morning that affected the computer systems used to help check baggage and board flights.

Southwest confirmed the news shortly after travelers began to report delays.

“Southwest experienced a brief interruption due to a system outage at our vendor, Amadeus,” a spokesperson for the airline wrote in an emailed statement to Nexstar. “The airline continued to check baggage and board flights manually while full........

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