Comair Shutdown Due To Old Computer System
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A computer glitch at Delta Air Lines&#39; regional carrier Comair that stranded thousands of travelers over the Christmas weekend was largely due to a system that was old and operating beyond capacity, a source familiar with the system said on Tuesday.
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An eight-year effort to upgrade the computers for the nation's air traffic control system is "facing obsolescence" before it has been completed, the Department of Transportation inspector general said in a report released yesterday.
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A Comair spokesman says the airline was operating some flights Sunday after canceling all eleven-hundred flights systemwide a day earlier.
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For worn-out electronic gear, the end of the road could be an HP recycling plant in Roseville, Calif.Photos: HP's hardware graveyard
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HEBRON, Ky. A day after canceling all eleven-hundred flights systemwide, Comair is slowly getting back in the air. The Delta subsidiary is operating some flights today, and a spokesman says the airline hopes
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Failure to perform a routine maintenance check caused the shutdown of an air traffic communications system serving a large swath of the West, resulting in several close
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I get an occasional âinsufficient system resources exist to complete the APIâ message when I try to put my laptop in hibernation. What can I do?
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By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 2--Don't look at getting rid of that old computer as the chance to make a profit, or even to garner much more cash than it will take in time and energy to pawn it off.
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By Michael Sluss mike.sluss@roanoke.com (804) 697-1585  Two hardware failures in the state's central computer system forced Department of Motor Vehicles offices to close early Wednesday and created problems for other government agencies.
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HEBRON, Kentucky Industry analysts say the computer failure that forced Comair to cancel all its flights nationwide on Christmas Day could cause passengers to lose confidence in the airline.
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Comair Inc. said it expects to return to a full schedule by the middle of this week after a computer glitch grounded 1,100 flights over the snowy Christmas weekend.
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The first test since 2002 of the Pentagon&#39;s $25 billion defense against long-range missiles ended in failure early Wednesday when a computer safety system shut down the launch of an interceptor rocket 23 seconds before liftoff.
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The Comair Flight 5191 crew began the day by powering up the wrong plane. Then they took off down the wrong runway. The lone air traffic controller, working alone in violation of FAA policy, had turned his back to do other duties. Investigators are uncovering a series of mistakes before the plane crashed, killing 49 people.
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The backup generator for this data center kicks in about 12 seconds after the power goes out, says an IT pilot fish who works there. At least, that's how it's supposed to work.
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United Airlines, a unit of UAL Corp., on Wednesday said a systemwide computer failure prevented flights from being dispatched between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Central time (9 a.m. to 11 a.m. EDT).
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Regional jet carrier Comair said Wednesday it had restored its full flight schedule after four days of mass cancellations caused by a severe snowstorm and ensuing computer glitch.
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It has taken the Delta Air Lines subsidiary several days to recover from a computer system collapse that forced it to cancel all eleven-hundred of its flights on Saturday and operate a partial schedule through yesterday.