Southwest Airlines cancels 500 flights after computer glitch grounds fleet

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Southwest Airlines (LUV.N) said on Tuesday it canceled about 500 flights and delayed hundreds of others after it was forced to temporarily halt operations over a computer issue -- the second time in 24 hours it had been forced to stop flights.

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A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane is seen at Los Angeles International Airport in the Greater Los Angeles Area, California, U.S., April 10, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholsonsaid on Tuesday it canceled about 500 flights and delayed hundreds of others after it was forced to temporarily halt operations over a computer issue -- the second time in 24 hours it had been forced to stop flights.

Southwest said its operations were returning to normal. The issue was the result of "intermittent performance issues with our network connectivity." Southwest Airlines earlier reported a separate issue that required a groundstop Monday evening after its "third-party weather data provider experienced intermittent performance issues ... preventing transmission of weather information that is required to safely operate our aircraft."

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