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Southwest Airlines said Thursday that 'operational disruption' the company faced last Friday was behind the company's flood of recent of flight cancelations.

Southwest Airlines said Friday that the"operational disruption" that the company faced last Friday was behind the company's recent flood of flight cancelations.message

"As a result, our aircraft and Crews were not in their pre-planned positions to operate our schedule on Saturday," Van de Ven wrote.

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