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Delta cancels 25 flights, some due to bad weather

By Reuters 1 min read

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Delta baggage area of the terminal is empty after Delta Air Lines' computer systems crashed at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta

(Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc <DAL.N> said it had canceled about 25 flights on Thursday as operations return to normal following a power outage on Monday that hit its computer systems, leading to cancellation of nearly 2,000 flights.

Delta, the No. 2 U.S. airline by passenger traffic, said some cancellations were due to bad weather. (http://bit.ly/2aJfUZn)

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(Reporting by Arunima Banerjee in Bengaluru and Jeffrey Dastin in San Francisco; Editing by Anil D’Silva)

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