It looks like switching to the backup generator may have been what caused the fire that caused the outage in the first place. > According to the flight captain

It looks like switching to the backup generator may have been what caused the fire that caused the outage in the first place. > According to the flight captain of JFK-SLC this morning, a routine scheduled switch to the backup generator this morning at 2:30am caused a fire that destroyed both the backup and the primary. Firefighters took a while to extinguish the fire. Power is now back up and 400 out of the 500 servers rebooted, still waiting for the last 100 to have the whole system fully functional. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/27032000-post135.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/27032000-post135.html Update: Confirmed. > But Georgia Power said the issue had to do with Delta's own equipment, not a larger power outage. "We believe Delta Air Lines experienced an equipment outage; other Georgia Power customers were not affected," said John Kraft, spokesperson for the utility. Georgia power has staff on site trying to assist Delta, he said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/08/08/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-massive-delta-computer-outage/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/08/08...