American Airlines briefly grounded in U.S. by IT issue

A nationwide ground stop briefly prevented American Airlines flights from taking off on Tuesday due to a technology issue.

A “technology issue” grounded American Airlines flights across the country on Tuesday, according to the company. It was unclear how many flights at Chicago’s airports were impacted, with average delays sitting around a half hour. A ground stop was temporarily issued by the Federal Aviation Administration just for the a

The Federal Aviation Administration briefly grounded all flights from American Airlines after the company experienced a systemwide IT failure, affecting airports across the country. The outage lasted under an hour and didn’t affect flights that had already departed. “A technology issue briefly impacted connectivity for

FlightAware said American had delayed 1,100 flights, or 30 per cent of flights on July 28.

American Airlines says its flights are resuming after an IT outage led to a temporary nationwide ground stop on Tuesday. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has the latest.

American Airlines briefly grounds all flights after tech issue  USA Today

The major US carrier said it put a temporary ground stop on its planes ‘while our teams worked to resolve the issue’

American Airlines resumes flights after IT issue forced brief nationwide halt  Reuters

AMERICAN Airlines grounded all of its flights nationwide after the company was hit by a "systemwide IT outage". The carrier was unable to let aircraft on the ground take off and planes had to sit at their gates waiting for the all clear. The stoppage took effect from 6.30pm ET on Tuesday and applied to...

The Federal Aviation Administration late on ​Tuesday issued a ground ‌stop for American Airlines flights due to an IT ​outage, according to ​a notice posted on the ⁠agency's website.

The FAA issued a ground stop advisory, keeping the airline’s fleet on the ground.

American Airlines flights not in the air were being held for a nationwide ground stop Tuesday evening because of an IT outage, according to an FAA advisory.