{"id":270849,"date":"2024-12-26T10:25:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T10:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/26\/american-airlines-resumes-flights-after-technical-issue\/"},"modified":"2024-12-26T10:25:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T10:25:36","slug":"american-airlines-resumes-flights-after-technical-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/26\/american-airlines-resumes-flights-after-technical-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines resumes flights after technical issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American Airlines has resumed flights after suspending its services for around an hour on Tuesday due to a technical issue that impacted the systems needed to release its planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nationwide halt was cancelled just before 13:00 GMT, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The disruption came during one of the busiest travel days of the year as passengers made journeys on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, the airline said a &#8220;vendor technology issue&#8221; had caused the issue and it was &#8220;all hands on deck&#8221; to minimise further disruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We sincerely apologise to our customers for the inconvenience this morning,&#8221; the airline said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s all hands on deck as our team is working diligently to get customers where they need to go as quickly as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Departure boards at major US airports are still showing delays of up to two hours for some flights as the airline recovers from the nationwide issue, but real-time tracking website Flightradar24 shows planes taking off again at a number of major US travel hubs and most flights are departing on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Passengers reported on social media being stuck on the tarmac or at gates as flights were impacted by the outage for around an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some passengers were also told to disembark from their planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a video posted on X by a CBS reporter in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a gate agent announced a flight to Philadelphia was going to start boarding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The system is slowly coming back,&#8221; the agent announced from a gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In July, American Airlines, among other major operators,\u00a0grounded flights across the US\u00a0due to communication issues caused by a global IT crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That failure &#8211; which also affected banks and emergency services &#8211; was caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike.<\/p>\n\n                <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n               \n <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                        \n\n    \n                                 \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Airlines has resumed flights after suspending its services for around an hour on Tuesday due to a technical issue that impacted the systems needed to release its planes. 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