Hundreds of Southwest flights delayed due to tech issue

Hundreds of Southwest Airlines flights have been delayed on Tuesday because of a technology issue.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) tweeted that Southwest requested the agency pause all of its departures, while deferring to the airline for any additional information.

More than 1,500 of the airline’s flights were delayed as of around 11 a.m., according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware.

Southwest has responded to several Twitter users about the issue, saying it hopes to fix the problem shortly. 

“As a result of the intermittent technology issues that we experienced, we should hopefully be resuming our operation as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but we're hoping to get everyone going ASAP,” the airline told one user. 

— Developing story