Flights across the United States have gradually resumed, as airlines coped with a Federal Aviation Administration system failure early Wednesday.
Here’s what to know:
The F.A.A. ordered airlines to pause all domestic departures until 9.30 a.m. Eastern time “to allow the agency to validate the integrity of flight and safety information,” it said in a statement. More than 2,500 flights within, into and out of the United States had been delayed on Wednesday, according to FlightAware, a flight tracking service.
The delays were spread across the country and affected multiple carriers. United Airlines said in a statement that it had temporarily delayed all domestic flights and that it would issue an update when it learned more from the F.A.A. American Airlines said the situation “impacts all airlines” and that it was “working with the F.A.A. to minimize disruption to our operation and customers.”
The F.A.A. is “still working” to resolve the issue, it said Wednesday morning.
