The airline said the United Airlines flights on the major routes were due to a technology issue on Wednesday, and the evening was expected to delay additional flight.
An alert said on the Federal Aviation Administration website United flights Luckily for Chicago stayed at his departure airports. The agency said Denver, Newark, Houston and San Francisco Airports were also affected by stalled flights.
An email statement by the Chicago-based email said without disclosing the specifics of the problem, “Security is our top priority, and we will work with our customers to bring them to their destination.”
An AP journalist boarded a joint aircraft at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport for a visit to Houston, when flight attendants announced a “systemwide” problem, which led to flights. He then sent the passengers back to the terminal.
Another passenger, Johann Kotz, was at the New Orleans Airport, who was starting a trip to the Indian Ocean Island Nation Mauritius for the holiday. It is likely to be trapped in the delay of flight that she will miss adding flights on the way and will have to re -book not only flights but also a car and housing.
“It’s not great,” he said about the experience.
United Airlines apologized on social media for harassing customers, who were sitting on the runway delay and facing hours.
“Hey, we apologize for travel disruption today,” the airline told a customer on the social platform X. “Our teams are working to solve the outage as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.”
