Delta Air Lines is reportedly seeking compensation from the IT outage that threw the aviation industry into chaos as it strived to navigate the unforeseen technical issues. The outage was the result of a defective content update for Windows hosts from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. Delta hired attorney David Boies of Boies Schiller Flexnie to seek compensation for the outage, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to Airline Economics. No lawsuit has been filed yet but further updates could potentially come in the coming weeks. Citigroup had estimated the disruption to cost Delta around $500 million. Following the outage, on

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