(Reuters) -Delta Air Strains has employed a regulation agency and can search compensation from Microsoft (NASDAQ:) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:) over the worldwide cyber outage earlier this month that disrupted flights around the globe, CNBC reported on Monday.
The Atlanta-based airline has been the slowest amongst main U.S. carriers to recuperate following the tech failure which led to greater than 2,200 flights cancellations on July 19.
Delta has canceled greater than 6,000 flights to this point, leaving a whole bunch of 1000’s of vacationers stranded. Analysts estimate that the impression on its backside line may very well be within the a whole bunch of tens of millions.
The U.S. Transportation Division introduced final week that it might open an investigation into the provider, and Delta has acknowledged its intention to cooperate.
Microsoft, Delta, CrowdStrike and regulation agency Boies Schiller Flexner didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ requests for remark.
Shares of Crowdstrike had been down about 2% in after-hours buying and selling.
