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The British airline said U.S.-based flight delays are being caused by a technical issue. Delays on some flights were nearly 24 hours.

Luis Gallego, the CEO of International Airlines Group, wants "common testing standards and the introduction of digital health passes."

The 48-hour walkout that began Monday could affect as many as 145,000 passengers. The union representing BA pilots says they want a fairer share of the airline's profits.

"The stolen data did not include travel or passport details," the airline said. But hackers were able to access customers' names, email addresses and credit card information.

The problem comes after the airline experienced a major information technology outage in May that stranded tens of thousands of passengers.

A "catastrophic" IT systems failure has disrupted roughly 75,000 British Airways passengers' flights since it struck the company Saturday morning. "We profusely apologize," the airline's CEO said.

The incident prompted calls for more drone regulation, but a U.K. lawmaker now says it probably was not a drone that struck the plane. And an investigation has ended because of a lack of evidence.

The flight landed safely, but police also say they've determined that "an object, believed to be a drone, had struck the front of the aircraft."

Chris Henkey, 63, was down to his last flights as a British Airways pilot before an engine caught fire on the runway in Las Vegas on Tuesday.