FAA lifts groundstop of American Airways flights after technical concern – #INA

A groundstop of all American Airways flights in the USA has been lifted, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated, after an unspecified “technical concern” briefly halted flights throughout the nation.

Simply earlier than 7am Japanese time (12:00 GMT) on Tuesday, the FAA ordered all American Airways flights grounded within the US on the airline’s request.

“American Airways reported a technical concern this morning and requested a nationwide floor cease. The bottom cease has now been lifted,” Bridgett Frey, assistant administrator for communications on the FAA, stated in an announcement.

The groundstop, early on Christmas Eve, had threatened the journey plans of tens of millions of individuals throughout the US throughout the busy vacation interval.

American Airways had stated that “a technical concern” was affecting its flights.

“We’re at the moment experiencing a technical concern with all American Airways flights. Your security is our utmost precedence, as soon as that is rectified, we’ll have you ever safely in your technique to your vacation spot,” the corporate stated in a submit on X.

The airline later stated that the issue arose from a “vendor expertise concern”.

“We sincerely apologize to our prospects for the inconvenience this morning,” the assertion stated. “It’s all fingers on deck as our crew is working diligently to get prospects the place they should go as shortly as potential.”

We’re at the moment experiencing a technical concern with all American Airways flights. Your security is our utmost precedence, as soon as that is rectified, we’ll have you ever safely in your technique to your vacation spot.

— americanair (@AmericanAir) December 24, 2024

American operates 1000’s of flights per day to greater than 350 locations in additional than 60 international locations.

The grounding got here months after airways had been hit by a worldwide tech outage tied to Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and a software program concern at cybersecurity agency CrowdStrike.

Two years in the past, Southwest Airways skilled a meltdown with its techniques throughout the holidays that led to 16,900 flight cancellations and stranded 2 million passengers.

It was ultimately fined $140m within the largest-ever civil penalty for a journey disruption.

This yr, the Transportation Safety Administration expects to display screen 40 million passengers over the vacations and thru January 2.

Social media lit up on Tuesday morning with travellers complaining about how the American Airways delay would possibly affect their holidays or break their go to with household.

“Heck of [a] technique to begin Christmas. Hey, @AmericanAir simply inform us whether or not we should always go house or not. Please don’t make us wait within the airport for hours,” one person wrote on X.