United Airlines: All US flights grounded due to computer glitch and 'automation issues'
All United Airlines flights in the US have been grounded in the country due to a computer system glitch on 8 July.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)'s website said that all UA flights were temporarily grounded due to "automation issues".
FAA says that all United Airlines and UAL sub carriers are temporarily grounded in US due to "automation issues" pic.twitter.com/MLStpwoZby
— reported.ly (@reportedly) July 8, 2015
United told CNBC news that it "experienced a network connectivity issue" affecting all flights and was working to fix the issue.
Customers voiced their frustration at the nationwide incident:
@united what's going on?!? All flights and system down? Close to an hour now at the gate. pic.twitter.com/tQrPwYpbvj
— brooke (@cbrookewit) July 8, 2015
Uh oh. "System-wide @United #ITFail" pic.twitter.com/ek3PISOl3x
— William Allison (@billallison) July 8, 2015
This is not the first time that computer problems cause a meltdown at United systems.
Earlier in June, another technical glitch caused all flights to be grounded temporarily. They were restored about half an hour later.
United tweeted that it delayed flight "to ensure aircraft departed with proper dispatch information. Flights are departing now."
Charles Hobart, a United spokesman, said the airline is "accommodating our customers to their destinations."
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