American Airways grounded all its U.S. flights as a result of what the corporate described as a “technical concern” in an announcement Tuesday morning.
“A technical concern is affecting American flights this morning,” an American Airways spokesperson advised CNN Tuesday morning. “Our groups are working to resolve the difficulty as shortly as attainable, and we apologize to our prospects 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 mentioned 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 extensively shared video posted from a packed Fort Lauderdale airport, an airport staffer will be heard saying “our system is down” and crew members can’t be boarded on the tannoy.
American Airways has not supplied an official timetable for resolving the difficulty however has advised passengers on X that it’s “making an attempt to repair it within the shortest attainable time.”
“Your security is our utmost precedence, as soon as that is rectified, we’ll have you ever safely in your solution to your vacation spot,” one American Airways response learn.
This isn’t the primary time a nationwide airline has skilled acute technical points through the busy vacation interval. In 2022, tens of millions of passengers had been left stranded after Southwest Airways canceled greater than 16,900 flights as a result of an operational meltdown. A heavy storm had left the airline crippled with staffing points as flight attendants and pilots had been out of place for his or her subsequent flights, passenger luggage had piled up and planes had been behind on de-icing. The airline was fined a report $140m by the U.S. authorities in 2023.
