Only weeks after a Southwest Airlines meltdown led to thousands of canceled flights and stranded passengers, the nation’s air travel system was briefly interrupted Wednesday due to an outage in the computer system used by the Federal Aviation Administration to give pilots vital information before they take off. “I am trying to be patient and give them a chance to …
Deborah Rombaut drives a rental car from Sacramento to Los Angeles on Monday with three other passengers who also were stranded by Southwest Airlines flight cancellations. “It is a heartwarming story in terms of us helping each other out and making new connections.” After learning that her 10:15 a.m. Monday flight from Sacramento to Hollywood Burbank Airport had been canceled …