FAA issues nationwide ground stop for American Airlines due to IT outage
UPDATE: American Airlines said at 7:21 p.m. ET that its systems were coming back online and flights were departing again:
“A technology issue briefly impacted connectivity for some of our systems on Tuesday evening. Systems are coming back online now and flights are departing again. We put a temporary ground stop in place while our teams worked to resolve the issue. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience.”
American Airlines flights and regional carriers operating for the airline have been placed under a nationwide ground stop because of an IT outage, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Aircraft on the ground are unable to depart.
The ground stop took effect at about 6:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday and applies to all American Airlines destinations and facilities. The FAA said in its advisory that the restriction was scheduled to remain in effect until 8 p.m., with an update expected at 7:30 p.m.
“We’re currently experiencing a systemwide IT outage,” American Airlines said. “Our IT team is working to get everything restored as quickly as possible.”
The outage has already caused a noticeable reduction in the number of American Airlines flights in the air. Flightradar24 said American and regional carriers operating for the airline had about 130 fewer flights airborne than at the same time last week.
The restriction prevents affected aircraft from departing while they remain on the ground. The FAA advisory did not provide additional details about the IT outage or say how many flights were delayed.
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