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United Airlines Flights Resuming, FAA Says
FAA says computer problems to blame for today's nationwide grounding. Delays to last for hours today as 3,500 flights are affected.
United Airlines flights around the world were halted temporarily Wednesday morning because of a computer malfunction, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, but the grounding has been lifted.
United says about 3,500 flights are affected.
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The disruption to United’s morning schedule is expected to cause hours-long delays at airports around the nation and abroad. Lines are backing up at United ticket counters throughout the country. In some airports United ticket agents are checking passengers in with pen and paper.
“We experienced a network connectivity issue this morning,” United said in a statement when the flights were grounded. “We are working to resolve this and apologize to our customers for any inconvenience.”
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The FAA described the problem as an “automation issue” in an alert.
On June 2, a similar problem affected some United flights, forcing a partial grounding of the carrier’s fleet. United serves nearly 400 airports and about 5,000 flights daily, according to StarAlliance.com. United is headquartered in Chicago.
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