Computer glitch downs JAL's domestic flightsAsia's largest carrier, Japan Airlines (JAL JAL Jalisco (Mexican state) JAL Jalapa (Guatemala territorial division) JAL Jump And Link JAL Japan Airlines Company, Ltd. ), cancelled one domestic flight while 18 more were delayed on Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. due to a computer glitch A temporary or random hardware malfunction. It is possible that a bug in a program may cause the hardware to appear as if it had a glitch in it and vice versa. At times it can be extremely difficult to determine whether a problem lies within the hardware or the software. See glitch attack. . Nearly 5,000 people were affected after JAL reported problems with its check-in system Sunday afternoon, preventing passengers from going through departure gates smoothly at domestic airports, mostly at Tokyo's Haneda airport, a company spokesman said. "The check-in system has a slow response problem and passengers can only slowly go through departure gates," the spokesman said. The trouble had affected at least 4,837 passengers by 18:00 pm (0900 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) See UTC. GMT - Universal Time 1 ), he said, adding: "We are still investigating the cause of the trouble." JAL faced a similar technical glitch in early June after it introduced new software for electronic tickets. 
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