SouthWest Airlines computer systems down, glitch/outage grounds flights and delays bookings

We are seeing a large number of reports from SouthWest Airlines customers who say the entire computer system of the airlines is currently down and not working. Of course, this is a very big issue and people are taking to social media to complain.

Here are some reports:

https://twitter.com/Fgump123/status/1098900374650568704
https://twitter.com/Bsmithizzle/status/1098898410957082628
https://twitter.com/therealrosebell/status/1098896915608014848
https://twitter.com/BritneysAngel/status/1098901927591579648

Of course, not everyone is annoyed with this outage.

https://twitter.com/nkhaley/status/1098904752614768640

Fun aside, the airlines’ Twitter handle is telling complainants that they are aware of the problem and are working to fix it:

We are monitoring the situation, and will be updating the story in real time with useful details. So keep checking back.

Fresh reports suggest this could be a nationwide outage.

Flight boarding has begun, the airline confirms. So shouldn’t be much of a wait now.

But, on the other hand, user reports seem to suggest otherwise.

https://twitter.com/ShermanFabes/status/1098905915925909505
https://twitter.com/GivingSam/status/1098906872034349057

Those who are stranded at airports and need assistance can contact the Gate Agent, SouthWest Airlines is suggesting.

Support team now says the issue has been resolved.

https://twitter.com/SouthwestAir/status/1098907232991817728
https://twitter.com/SouthwestAir/status/1098909413543309313

Other reports:

Developing….

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