BALTIMORE — The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted a nationwide pause on Southwest Airline departures.
Southwest reported "intermittent technology issues" Tuesday morning causing hundreds of flights to be grounded across the nation.
Southwest Airlines departures have resumed at BWI Marshall Airport.
— BWI Marshall Airport (@BWI_Airport) April 18, 2023
Those with travel booked for this afternoon and evening are advised to confirm flight status with the airline. #MDOTsafety #airports https://t.co/lmKluHpyIK
In a statement, the airline said "a vendor-supplied firewall went down and connection to some operational data was unexpectedly lost."
At one point up to 220 Southwest flights were delayed at BWI Airport.
That number has since been reduced to 16 as of Wednesday morning.
We’ve resumed operations this morning following a pause in service. Please visit https://t.co/64eTbzR9ph to check your flight status and explore self-service options as we work to restore operations and accommodate disrupted Customers as quickly as possible. pic.twitter.com/xGLJLsbiQV
— Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir) April 18, 2023
Southwest is no stranger to recent service disruptions.
Over the Christmas holiday the airline experienced system failures that lasted nearly a week.
As result thousands of passengers were left stranded which led to Southwest being called before Congress.
