Computer glitch grounds 250 flights  Southwest Airlines resumes
most takeoffs early Saturday  By From AnneClaire Stapleton and
Jake Carpenter CNN POSTED: 12:01 AM PDT June 22, 2013   
UPDATED: 11:09 PM PDT June 23, 2013  (CNN) -  A computer glitch
forced Southwest Airlines to ground 250 flights, the company
said early Saturday.  Flights already in the air were not
affected by the glitch, which started late Friday night.  Most
flights resumed takeoff early Saturday after the airline
resorted to a backup system.  "Flights have started to depart,
but employees are working through a manual process so their
routine work flow is taking a bit longer," said Michelle Agnew,
a spokeswoman for the airline.   Agnew said the glitch was in
the internal system used to dispatch flights. It mostly affected
planes on the ground that were scheduled to depart, she said.
All Southwest flights were affected, but because the glitch
occurred late, most of the planes waiting to fly were limited to
the West Coast, she said.  Major So