2023-09-06 07:04:29
The American airline United Airlines suspended all take-offs in the United States midday on Tuesday due to a computer problem that caused a slowdown in its systems. “A software update caused a massive slowdown in United’s technology systems earlier today,” she explained in the followingnoon.
“We briefly kept the planes” on the ground and “operations returned to normal around 12:45 GMT,” the company said.
“A widespread technological problem”
The incident lasted just over an hour and was not caused by a cybersecurity issue, according to a source familiar with the matter. At the end of the morning, the airline had announced the suspension of flights by mentioning a “generalized technological problem”, without further details. She had specified that the devices already in flight continued towards their destinations as planned.
The grounding was lifted around 6:00 p.m. GMT (8 p.m. in France). “We have found a solution to remedy the technological problem and the flights have resumed,” she said, without further details.
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The American agency supervising aviation, the FAA, had made it known that the company had itself requested this suspension in the United States. In an information notice published at 4:33 p.m. GMT on its website, the FAA specified that this request was valid until 6:00 p.m. GMT and that it was due to “an equipment failure”. United Airlines shares ended Tuesday’s session on the New York Stock Exchange down $48.47.
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