Tech outage still causing trouble for travelers at MSP Airport

Published: Jul 21, 2024 Duration: 00:02:30 Category: News & Politics

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DEVELOPING STORY. BUT FOR NOW, WE DO WANT TO GET TO SOME OTHER NEWS. THE HUGE POWER OUTAGE THAT HIT FRIDAY IS STILL CAUSING SOME MAJOR ISSUES FOR AIR TRAVEL. HUNDREDS OF PASSENGERS WAITED ALL DAY TODAY AT MSP AIRPORT, TRYING TO GET A FLIGHT OUT AMID WIDESPREAD CANCELLATIONS AT AIRPORTS ALL AROUND THE WORLD. FOX NINES BAB SANTOS IS MONITORING THE SITUATION, WHICH SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO WORK OUT BABS. YEAH, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE. THINGS ARE NOT LOOKING GOOD HERE. AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'VE LOOKED LIKE ALL DAY, REALLY. WE FIRST GOT HERE THIS MORNING, AND IF ANYTHING, SINCE THEN, THINGS HAVE ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. THOSE LINES ONLY GETTING LONGER. PEOPLE TELLING US THEY'VE BEEN WAITING IN LINE FOR HOURS. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE DO HAVE A QUESTION IN TO DELTA TODAY ASKING THEM WHY THIS SITUATION HAS UNFOLDED LIKE THIS. WHEN YOU CAN SEE OVER THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TERMINAL, THE REST OF THE AIRLINES HERE DON'T SEEM TO BE EXPERIENCING ANY MAJOR BACKUPS. I WAS IN LINE FOR TWO HOURS AND THEN IT TOOK AN EXTRA 30 MINUTES. A GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY BREAKDOWN CONTINUES TO DERAIL FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF MSP AIRPORT. THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. ON SUNDAY, SEVERAL STRANDED PASSENGERS MADE THEMSELVES COMFORTABLE ON THE FLOOR AS TIME SEEMS TO BE AT A STANDSTILL. MANY TRAVELERS TOLD US THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE UNTIL TUESDAY AT THE EARLIEST. IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE TO DISPLACE THIS MANY PEOPLE. FRUSTRATING TO THE BANK ACCOUNT. THAT'S FOR SURE. PAYING 500 A NIGHT FOR A HOTEL. CHRIS BATES OF ILLINOIS ONLY CAME TO MINNESOTA FOR A THREE HOUR LAYOVER ON HIS WAY TO SAINT LOUIS, BUT TROUBLE STARTED AS SOON AS THE PLANE LANDED. THIS WILL BE MY THIRD CANCELED FLIGHT AFTER NEIL CAMPBELL OF MASSACHUSETTS HAD HIS FLIGHT CANCELED AT THIS POINT, HIS EFFORTS TO CATCH A FLIGHT HOME ARE STARTING TO RESEMBLE ATTEMPTS TO WIN THE LOTTERY. WE TRIED TO BOOK ANY FLIGHT WITHIN FIVE STATES OF OUR HOME. I HAVE TWO BACKUPS. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'VE GOT MULTIPLE AIRLINES. I'LL CANCEL IT IF I DON'T USE IT, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. BUT IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN REALLY QUITE CHALLENGING. NOW. ANOTHER BIG NOTE TODAY WITH SO MUCH TROUBLE IN THE AIR, THIS WEEKEND, WE'RE HEARING MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY RESORTED TO RENTING CARS, TAKING EIGHT, TEN, 12 HOUR RIDES DRIVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO MAKE IT TO THEIR DESTINATIONS. BUT WITH ALL OF THAT GOING ON, PEOPLE TOLD US TODAY THEY WANTED TO DO THAT AND FOUND THAT ALL OF THE RENTAL CARS

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