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Hundreds of Southwest flights were delayed Wednesday after the airline was hit with technical issues.
The trouble started when a "system outage" led to a nationwide ground stop for all Southwest flights that lasted for just over an hour.
The company said in a statement that an early-afternoon outage impacted "multiple technology systems." After the ground stop was lifted, flights were left backlogged. The company said as many as 700 flights were canceled or delayed as of Wednesday night.