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American Airlines premises all US flights on hectic Christmas Eve

American Airlines on Tuesday grounded all its flights in the U.S. due to an undefined technical issue, according to the business and a regulatory notice, interfering with the travel plans of thousands of passengers set to fly out for Christmas Eve.

The company has actually not said why it was stopping all flights. Numerous passengers were publishing on social media that their flights had actually been stuck on the runway at different airports and were now being sent back to the gate.

An estimated timeframe has not been supplied, but they're. attempting to repair it in the shortest possible time, the business. stated in a post on X, reacting to a question from a stranded. leaflet.

Shares of the provider were down 3.8% before the bell. A. notification on the U.S. Federal Air travel Administration site. merely stated the business had actually asked for an across the country groundstop,. without giving a reason.

Since 7:30 a.m. ET, American had not made an official statement. on social media, and was just responding to comments on X as. various users posted there, along with on Bluesky and Facebook.

Hey, @AmericanAir just inform us whether we should go home. or not. Please don't make us wait in the airport for hours,. wrote one user.

American operates thousands of flights per day to more than. 350 locations in more than 60 nations.

The grounding comes months after airline companies were struck by a. worldwide tech blackout connected to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform and. a software application problem at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.

The U.S. FAA was not right away available for further. comment.

2 years back, Southwest Airlines experienced a crisis. with its systems during the holidays that caused 16,900 flight. cancellations and stranded 2 million travelers. It was. eventually fined $140 million in the largest-ever civil penalty. for a travel interruption.

(source: Reuters)