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American Airlines on Tuesday lifted a nationwide grounding after it reported a widespread “technical issue” affecting all flights. Busy holiday travel.
The airline said in a statement that the stoppage lasted for about an hour and that all flights have since resumed.
“A vendor technology issue briefly affected flights this morning,” the statement said. “This issue has been resolved and flights have resumed. We sincerely apologize to our customers for the inconvenience this morning. It's all hands on deck as our team works diligently to get customers where they need to be as soon as possible.” They have to go.”
Air traffic control system command center Advisory shows that the airline issued a nationwide stop on Christmas Eve.
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American Airlines said a “technical issue” affected all flights. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images, File/Getty Images)
“We are currently experiencing a technical issue on all American Airlines flights,” the airline wrote earlier Statement about X “Your safety is our highest priority, once this problem is corrected we will get you safely to your destination.”
In a second post, the airline added: “Our team is currently working on this as this issue is still ongoing. “There is no estimated time frame, but they are trying to fix it as soon as possible.”
American Airlines apologized to customers and said its teams were working to get all passengers to their destinations. (Joe Rudel/Getty Images, File/Getty Images)
Airline company He did not immediately provide further information on the matter.
The Federal Aviation Administration also provided little information. “American Airlines is reporting a technical issue and has requested a nationwide ground stop. Please contact American Airlines for more information,” the agency said in a statement.
from 7:10 am, American Airlines According to DownDetector, a website that provides an overview of problems and outages with a variety of services, 1,979 outages were reported.
Dozens of social media users reported being stuck on the plane on the tarmac or being turned back at the airport gate. American Airlines X's account responded to many users apologizing and assuring them that their team was working to fix the problem.
American Airlines lifted the nationwide grounding about an hour after the “technical problem” was reported. (Joe Rudel/Getty Images, File/Getty Images)
Morgan McMahon, of Texas, told Fox News Digital that he was sitting on a plane at LaGuardia Airport in New York when the captain made the announcement.
“Sat in the plane,” McMahon said. “The captain announced that the first computer had failed due to the counterweight. He said, 'Maybe 5 to 10 minutes late. About 15 minutes later, he announced that the entire AA system was down.'” “
McMahon, who was trying to fly home to Texas, said he would continue to fly American Airlines despite the disruption to his trip.
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“They could put some sort of monetary credit on my account (to compensate for the inconvenience),” McMahon told Fox News Digital. “That wound is fine. $100 and I'll be fine.”
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Fox News Digital's Emmett Jones contributed to this report.