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Computer glitch causes long delays at L.A. airport
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More from StateLOS ANGELES (AP) — About 6,000 international passengers were stranded for as long as six hours Saturday on planes and in terminals at Los Angeles International Airport because a computer failure prevented them from passing through customs, authorities said.
The passengers were stranded in four airport terminals and in 24 planes 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 Los Angeles World Airports spokesman Paul Haney.
"That system allows our officers to make decisions on who we can allow to enter the United States," said Mike Fleming, a Customs and Border Protection spokesman. "You just don't know by looking at them."
The cause of the shutdown was not known, and there was no estimate on when the system would be repaired, Fleming said.
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