American Airlines is set to resume service after technical issues grounded flights at three major U.S. airports for nearly two hours today.
The stoppage started around 12:41 p.m. ET Thursday. American Airlines said the “connectivity issues” were solved and flights could resume at 2:42 p.m.
The FAA said the ground stop, which affected all American Airlines traffic in and out of Chicago’s O’Hare, Miami, and Dallas/Fort Worth, was owed to “airline issues.”
We’ve resolved connectivity issues that caused challenges at DFW, ORD and MIA. We’re sorry and will have you on your way soon.
— American Airlines (@AmericanAir) September 17, 2015
FAA Air Traffic Alert: @AmericanAir requested a ground stop for all of their traffic in and out of DFW/ORD/MIA due to their computer issue.
— The FAA (@FAANews) September 17, 2015
“We’re working to resolve technical issues impacting several airports as quickly as possible,” American Airlines said in a statement Thursday.
United Airlines grounded flights around the country for nearly two hours in July, citing a software “glitch” that caused malfunctions checking in passengers for flights.
Can’t count the money fast enough.
another hack attack?
it’s just a matter of time before critical infrastructure is attacked and shut down… and then we are really fucked.
Since the recent merger w/US Airways, I think things have gone a little downhill — I have NEVER had a positive experience on US Air — American has always seemed more pleasant — I go out of my way to avoid this company now —
Services like banks, investment firms, airlines, public transit systems and computer systems and fiber optic cable and satellite services should have TRIPLE BACKUP plans in place and ready-to-go in just 2-5 minutes 24/7/365. They have the money to afford these hangups, and should plan and act accordingly.
I can understand one or two airports losing power for an hour or two, or having radar interrupted by something like storm damages, but an international airline the size of American Airlines can well afford to have triple backup plans in place for only momentary delays around the nation and the world. This is inexcusable.
USAir has a long tradition of providing no info about delays or just lying. My negative experiences with American (going back many, many years and different cities, is their less than helpful gate and check-in agents.I’d imagine they’ve achieved “synergy”.