Cyber attack? United Airlines grounds flights at US airports; hundreds of flights affected
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"Due to a technology issue, we are holding United mainline flights at their departure airports," the airline stated. "We expect additional flight delays this evening as we work through this issue. Safety is our top priority, and we'll work with our customers to get them to their destinations."
In a recent update, the airlines stated that their systems are being restored, but delays are expected to continue throughout Wednesday night.
So far, 827 flights have been delayed and 23 have been cancelled.
The airlines have confirmed that it is not a cyberattack, reported ABC News.
The ground stop does not impact United Express flights, and any flights already in the air will continue to their destinations as planned, as per the airlines.
Several FAA notices have confirmed that United Airlines requested ground stops at key hubs, including Newark, San Francisco, Denver, Houston, and Chicago.
Angela Jeffers, a passenger whose flight from Nashville to Denver was delayed for two hours, said the pilot informed the passengers about a system outage.
'We're missing some numbers we need to take off so we can't take off yet and don't have a time estimate of when we'll be able to,' Jeffers recalled the pilot as saying, reports CNN.
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