Flights Resume After All American Airlines Flights Grounded Nationwide… On Christmas Eve

Posted • December 24, 2024: Hoo boy. It's Christmas Eve -- one of the busiest travel days of the year -- and American Airlines has grounded all flights due to a 'technical' issue. Yikes. Speculation abounded as to what the technical issue was: Software problem with weight and balance computation. All flights globally affected. Seems to have only impacted American Airlines. Others thought it was an issue with scanning boarding passes: Lmfaooooooo all American Airlines flights are grounded because they can’t scan boarding passes. Another reason why this all digital world is so stupid. There should always be a backup system. Thankfully, the glitch was short-lived: Following a brief outage that grounded all American airlines flights during one of the busiest travel periods of the year, American Airlines says it has resumed service Tuesday morning.

American Airlines said a “technical issue” had delayed all of its flights in the United States. But the company began boarding flights again at around 8 am ET, airline spokeswoman Sarah Jantz told CNN. The Federal Aviation Administration lifted its nationwide groundstop order for all American flights. The FAA in a statement said American requested a nationwide ground stop but it referred all questions to the airline for more information. We wonder what the technical issue was? -- Good news! American Airlines systems are back up! https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1871535897985863680/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/zL-ZLqWpLJ3HT0S4.mp4 (…)

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CNN: American Airlines resumes flights after a tech issue caused a nationwide groundstop
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/24/business/american-airlines-delays-cancellations/index.html?Date=20241224