Tribune Online American Airlines resumes flights after FAA lifted nationwide groundstop American Airlines says it has resumed service Tuesday morning following a brief outage that grounded all its flights during one of the busiest travel periods of the year. According to American Airlines, flight delays experienced in the United States were a result of a “vendor technology issue”. The airline spokesman, Sarah Jantz disclosed that flights […] American Airlines resumes flights after FAA lifted nationwide groundstop Tribune Online
American Airlines experienced a temporary nationwide groundstop due to an outage in their internal Flight Operations System (FOS). While the airline initially cited a "vendor technology issue", the pilots' union attributed the outage to their FOS. The FAA lifted the groundstop after American Airlines resolved the issue, allowing flights to resume around 8 am ET.