United Airlines on Wednesday said it had suspended flights due to a widespread tech issue, and anticipates additional flight delays in the evening.
“Due to a technology issue, we are holding United mainline flights at their departure airports,” United said in a statement. “We expect additional flight delays this evening as we work through this issue. Safety is our top priority, and we’ll work with our customers to get them to their destinations.”
According to the Federal Aviation Administration’s websiteground stops had been issued for United Airlines flights at several US airports including its hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Newark and San Francisco.
The ground stop does not affect United Express flights, and any flight already in the air will continue to its destination, the airline said.
As of Wednesday evening, tracking site FlightAware reported that United had delayed 28%, or 876, of that day’s flights.
As frustrated passengers took to social media, United apologized for the disruption and assured people their teams were “working to resolve the widespread system error as quickly as possible”.
