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| United Airlines grounds all flights in the US over computer issues | United Airlines grounds all flights in the US over computer issues |
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| All United Airlines flights have been grounded in the United States, according to an alert issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday. | All United Airlines flights have been grounded in the United States, according to an alert issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday. |
| Flights have been grounded at all airports and all facilities nationwide because of “automation issues”, according to the Air Traffic Control System Command Center bulletin. | Flights have been grounded at all airports and all facilities nationwide because of “automation issues”, according to the Air Traffic Control System Command Center bulletin. |
| Before the advisory was announced, travellers had posted complaints about flight delays on Wednesday morning. | Before the advisory was announced, travellers had posted complaints about flight delays on Wednesday morning. |
| “We experienced a network connectivity issue this morning,” United said in an emailed statement. “We are working to resolve this and apologize to our customers for any inconvenience.” | |
| Hey @TSA tell your Dulles staff that @united is issuing handwritten boarding passes because its computers are down | Hey @TSA tell your Dulles staff that @united is issuing handwritten boarding passes because its computers are down |
| @united better compensate customers for computer system outage. Long line in Boise and never flying #united again pic.twitter.com/u6bvWq6Lu3 | @united better compensate customers for computer system outage. Long line in Boise and never flying #united again pic.twitter.com/u6bvWq6Lu3 |
| Uh oh. "System-wide @United #ITFail" pic.twitter.com/ek3PISOl3x | Uh oh. "System-wide @United #ITFail" pic.twitter.com/ek3PISOl3x |
| Denver international airport advised passengers on United to allow extra time for their flights “as airline works to restore computer issues”. Washington Dulles international airport also said that United “is experiencing computerized system issues”. | |
| United Airlines said it serves 235 domestic airports and has 4,935 daily departures. United Airlines also temporarily grounded flights because of automation issues in early June. | United Airlines said it serves 235 domestic airports and has 4,935 daily departures. United Airlines also temporarily grounded flights because of automation issues in early June. |