A systemwide technical issue caused American Airlines to ground all U.S. flights for one hour on Tuesday, impacting millions of travelers during the holiday season.
American Airlines flights were cleared to fly by federal regulators early Tuesday after a brief grounding due to a systemwide technical issue that impacted all U.S. routes. Just before 7 a.m. Eastern time, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered all American Airlines flights grounded in the U.S. at the airline’s request. American had reported a technical issue affecting its entire system with millions traveling for the holiday.
The ground stop, according to the time stamps on the FAA's orders, lasted exactly one hour. American has not expanded on what technical issue grounded the flights and the airline did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The groundings couldn't come at a worse time for the millions of travelers expected to fly over the next 10 days. The Transportation Security Administration expects to screen 40 million passengers over the holidays and through January 2. In December 2022, Southwest Airlines stranded 2 million travelers, and Delta Air Lines suffered a smaller but significant meltdown after a worldwide technology outage in July caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. Many flights during the holidays are sold out, which makes cancellations even more disruptive than during slower periods. Even with just a brief outage, the cancellations have a cascading effect that can take days to clear up
AMERICAN AIRLINES TECHNICAL ISSUE GROUNDING HOLIDAY TRAVEL AIRLINE DISRUPTIONS
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