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B.C. residents arrive home after Sunwing outage strands hundreds in Mexico

Click to play video: 'Sunwing still working on restoring schedule after being hit by hackers'
Sunwing still working on restoring schedule after being hit by hackers
Sunwing says it is working hard to restore its flight schedule, saying hackers are responsible for the system collapse that left thousands of passengers stranded. Catherine Urquhart reports – Apr 19, 2022

Passengers stranded due to Sunwing‘s network-wide outage are back home in B.C. after waiting more than a day to return.

The airline said more than 40 flights scheduled for Monday were delayed, some of them for more than 12 hours.

Dozens of passengers from B.C. were stuck in limbo but touched down at Vancouver International Airport Monday night.

Click to play video: 'Network-wide system issues continue to cause Sunwing delays'
Network-wide system issues continue to cause Sunwing delays

On Tuesday the airline said it continues to experience a system issue affecting flight operations.

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It has had 15 flights successfully depart since Monday, with more flights departing Tuesday, but more delays are still expected.

Click to play video: 'British Columbians stuck in Mexico during Sunwing flight delays'
British Columbians stuck in Mexico during Sunwing flight delays

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