Computer Glitch Causes 5-Hour Delays at LAX - UPDATE
An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:
About 2,500 international passengers were stranded for as long as five hours Saturday on planes and in terminals at Los Angeles International Airport because a computer shutdown prevented them from passing through customs, authorities said.More here.
The passengers were stranded in four airport terminals and on runways starting at about 1:30 p.m. because of a breakdown in a computer system that contains names of arriving passengers and law enforcement data about them including arrest warrants, said Mike Fleming, a Customs and Border Protection spokesman.
UPDATE: 21:31 PDT: Los Angeles Times coverage here.
posted by Fergie @ 8/11/2007 09:27:00 PM
1 Comments:
I wonder, during the hours that Customs would not allow people in planes at LAX to be "screened", how many ILLEGAL ALIENS crossed our Southern border?
Of course, NONE of them could POSSIBLY be a terrorist, could they?
There's NO NEED for a fence.
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