NEW YORK (AP) — A computer outage at JFK Airport’s Terminal 7 has caused massive check-in delays.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Neal Buccino says a server providing Internet service had problems at about 4 p.m. Sunday, which required manual check-in.
Buccino says Terminal 7 is operated by British Airways, which leases space to other carriers. He says at one point Sunday night, more than 1,000 passengers were waiting in line to get checked in. He says the number dropped to about 80 by midnight.
Buccino recommends passengers departing from Terminal 7 on Monday prepare for the possibility of crowding and delays.
He says the crowds have been orderly and that British Airways has been making regular announcements.
There was no word on when the computer issue would be resolved.
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If you haven’t seen it already:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byUVR04CMBUAre you @#$%^ kidding me TSA?
Except according to ABC News, it had nothing to do with the TSA: “He added the outage was not a TSA issue, but caused by a private server.”
While the article was pretty non-specific, it sounded like the issue was with boarding passes. Which indeed was the problem.
But, yeah, it’s always government, Obama, etc. Private industry can do no wrong. That popping sound is your narrative bursting. No matter what, people are involved. Sometimes government, sometimes not.