U.S. DOT drops investigation into Delta's response to 2024 CrowdStrike IT outage
By
Atlanta First News staff
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Summary
The U.S. Department of Transportation has reportedly dropped its investigation into Delta Air Lines' response to the July 2024 global IT outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike software update. The outage stranded thousands of Delta passengers and disrupted operations worldwide. The investigation, announced by then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, has now been closed nearly two years after the incident.
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Shortly afterward, then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced that his agency was opening
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