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EPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\nAmerican 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
The nationwide halt was cancelled just before 13:00 GMT, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).<\/p>\n
The disruption came during one of the busiest travel days of the year as passengers made journeys on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the airline said a “vendor technology issue” had caused the issue and it was “all hands on deck” to minimise further disruption.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“We sincerely apologise to our customers for the inconvenience this morning,” the airline said.<\/p>\n
“It’s all hands on deck as our team is working diligently to get customers where they need to go as quickly as possible.”<\/p>\n
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
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
Some passengers were also told to disembark from their planes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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 “The system is slowly coming back,” the agent announced from a gate.<\/p>\n In July, American Airlines, among other major operators, grounded flights across the US<\/a> due to communication issues caused by a global IT crash.<\/p>\n That failure – which also affected banks and emergency services – was caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n