United Airlines briefly grounds all its flights after technical glitch

United Airlines mentioned it has ended a nationwide floor cease after a systemwide know-how concern on Tuesday pressured it to carry all plane at departure airports.

“We have identified a fix for the technology issue and flights have resumed. We’re working with impacted customers to help them reach their destinations as soon as possible,” the airline mentioned on X.

FlightAware, a flight monitoring web site, mentioned United Airlines had cancelled seven flights and delayed 260 flights or 9 per cent of its flights on Tuesday.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mentioned earlier it had issued the bottom cease at United Airlines’s request.

Airline floor stops due to pc points are unusual however not unprecedented. In April, Southwest Airlines mentioned a know-how failure brought on a one-hour nationwide stoppage of its flights.

Edited By:

Prateek Chakraborty

Published On:

Sep 5, 2023