EPAAmerican Airlines has resumed flights after suspending service for about an hour on Tuesday, due to a technical problem that affected the systems needed to take off its planes.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the nationwide outage was canceled just before 13:00 GMT.
The disruption came on one of the busiest travel days of the year as passengers traveled over Christmas.
In a statement, the airline said a “vendor technology issue” had caused the problem and was “all hands on deck” to minimize further disruption.
“We sincerely apologize to our customers for the inconvenience this morning caused,” the airline said.
“It’s all hands on deck as our team works diligently to get customers where they need to go as quickly as possible.”
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 problem, but real-time tracking website Flightradar24 shows that many Planes are flying again to major US travel hubs and most flights. Leaving on time.
Passengers took to social media to report being stuck on the tarmac or at the gates as flights were affected by the nearly hour-long shutdown.
Some passengers were also asked to get off their planes.
In a video posted on X by a CBS reporter in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a gate agent announced that a flight to Philadelphia was about to begin boarding.
“System is slowly coming back up,” the agent announced from the gate.
In July, American Airlines, among other major operators, Ground flights throughout the US Because of the communication problems caused by the global IT crash.
That failure – which also affected banks and emergency services – was caused by a faulty software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.