American Airways grounded all its U.S. flights resulting from what the corporate described as a “technical difficulty” in an announcement Tuesday morning.
“A technical difficulty is affecting American flights this morning,” an American Airways spokesperson instructed CNN Tuesday morning. “Our groups are working to resolve the difficulty as shortly as doable, and we apologize to our clients for the inconvenience.”
CNN first reported the cease citing an advisory discover from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The outlet reported that an FAA assertion stated American Airways requested a nationwide floor cease however referred all inquiries to the airline for extra data.
Touring Christmas passengers started sharing complaints about delays and diversions on social media early Tuesday morning. In a now broadly shared video posted from a packed Fort Lauderdale airport, an airport staffer could be heard saying “our system is down” and crew members can’t be boarded on the tannoy.
American Airways has not offered an official timetable for resolving the difficulty however has instructed passengers on X that it’s “attempting to repair it within the shortest doable time.”
“Your security is our utmost precedence, as soon as that is rectified, we’ll have you ever safely in your approach to your vacation spot,” one American Airways response learn.
This isn’t the primary time a nationwide airline has skilled acute technical points in the course of the busy vacation interval. In 2022, thousands and thousands of passengers have been left stranded after Southwest Airways canceled greater than 16,900 flights resulting from an operational meltdown. A heavy storm had left the airline crippled with staffing points as flight attendants and pilots have been out of place for his or her subsequent flights, passenger luggage had piled up and planes have been behind on de-icing. The airline was fined a document $140m by the U.S. authorities in 2023.
