The British Airways system failure was possibly caused by an IT worker accidentally switching off the power

Next time you screw up at work, just remember at least you're not this guy.

Last week, British Airways suffered a catastrophic computer problem which resulted in the airline having to cancel around 800 flights. Coming during both a Bank Holiday weekend and the school half term holidays, it caused utter chase and left thousands of passengers stranded. BA confirmed that there was no evidence that it was a cyber attack – but there are still questions what on earth cause such a large screw up. Now, according to The Times, it was like caused by a staff error. British Airways’ parent company, International Airlines Group, now say that it was like due to the power supply to a key data centre being cut, and an uncontrolled system reboot caused things to go down. And The Times says a source reported a rumour that it all stemmed from a maintenance contractor who accidentally switch the power off. Oops.   That’s quite a screw up. So next time you make a cock up at work, just remember you didn’t make as big a mistake as that guy…