United blames computer outage on 'employee error'

United Airlines yesterday said the computer outage that disrupted its schedule for 2 hr. Wednesday morning was the result of employee error, according to a statement from UA executives to employees cited by the Associated Press. Nearly 300 flights were delayed or canceled when the Unimatic system...

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