American Airlinesone of the largest airlines in the world, suspended all its flights this Tuesday within USA due to a “technical problem,” said air activity regulators and the company itself, at the height of Christmas travel.
“American Airlines is reporting a technical problem and has requested that planes across the country be grounded,” the airline said in a statement. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in a statement.
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The airline said for its part that it is going through “a technical problem with all flights”. Unofficial reports suggest that this entire situation was due to a massive cyber attack on the company’s servers.
Through social networks, videos have been spread of the waiting rooms where hundreds, perhaps Thousands of passengers across the United States were strandedhoping to board their plane and thus reach their destination this Christmas Eve.
After several hours, American Airlines resumes flights
After the complete suspension of its flights, which began approximately during the early hours of this Tuesday, December 24, the airline reported that the problem was completely solved.
“We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience caused,” American Airlines said in a statement.
It is expected that all passengers affected this morning will be able to reach their destinations as soon as possible, this after the severe effects caused by this failure in their services.
(With information from AFP)
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