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| Walsh backs BA boss after computer chaos | Walsh backs BA boss after computer chaos |
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| Willie Walsh, the head of British Airways owner IAG, has backed the BA boss in his first interview since the IT fiasco that grounded flights last weekend. | Willie Walsh, the head of British Airways owner IAG, has backed the BA boss in his first interview since the IT fiasco that grounded flights last weekend. |
| He said Alex Cruz, the British Airways chief executive, had done a great job. | He said Alex Cruz, the British Airways chief executive, had done a great job. |
| Mr Walsh said he doubted anyone could have managed the challenge better and that Mr Cruz did well to get planes back in the air as quickly as he did. | Mr Walsh said he doubted anyone could have managed the challenge better and that Mr Cruz did well to get planes back in the air as quickly as he did. |
| The IAG boss again apologised for the outage. | The IAG boss again apologised for the outage. |
| Saturday's IT meltdown grounded hundreds of flights and disrupted the travel plans of tens of thousands of passengers around the world. | Saturday's IT meltdown grounded hundreds of flights and disrupted the travel plans of tens of thousands of passengers around the world. |
| Mr Walsh said it was unfair to try to blame Mr Cruz because the problem was not of his making. | Mr Walsh said it was unfair to try to blame Mr Cruz because the problem was not of his making. |
| "We know what happened but we're still investigating why it happened and that investigation will take some time," he said. | |
| "The team at British Airways did everything they could in the circumstances to recover the operation as quickly as they could." |