Scores of American Airlines passengers travelling home for Christmas were left disgruntled after technical issues forced the grounding of all flights.

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A number of new long-haul routes can’t go ahead as scheduled because Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner jets are delayed

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The US Federal Aviation Administration ordered all American Airlines flights grounded at the airline’s request

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American has not expanded on what technical issue grounded the flights

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The airline blames technical fault for an hour-long stoppage across the United States

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Christmas Eve flights have been thrown into doubt by the sudden disruption, leaving thousands of passengers unsure if they can get home for Christmas due to the technical issue.

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"An estimated timeframe has not been provided, but they're trying to fix it in the shortest possible time" the airline said in a statement following its annoucement it had suffered a technical issue

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