Two Democratic senators are probing recent massive flight delays caused by airline information technology issues.

Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Edward Markey of Massachusetts sent an open letter on Tuesday asking 13 airlines if they are taking efforts to improve their systems and ensure that passengers are given more options to get to their destinations if such massive technology failures occur again.

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