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United Airlines delayed more than 300 flights after the FAA lifted a brief ground stop that continued to disrupt the carrier’s service across the country.
As of Tuesday afternoon, United Airlines delayed all flights nationwide due to an “equipment malfunction,” according to an alert from the Federal Aviation Administration.
In an update about an hour later, the FAA alert said “ground stop cancelled.”
“We have found a solution to the technical issue and flights have resumed. We are working with affected customers to help them reach their destinations as soon as possible,” United Airlines said has posted On social media.
According to flight tracking site FlightAware, 330 delayed flights continued as of 3 p.m. EST, or 12% of its operations. But tracking site FlightAware showed only 14 United flights canceled on Tuesday.
CNN has reached out to United about the remaining delays.
Tuesday’s ground stop adds to the list of headaches travelers will have to face this summer. Hurricane Italia and severe storms in early August affected air travel for thousands of passengers last month.
Summer travel chaos hits United Airlines customers By the end of June, United had racked up hundreds of cancellations and thousands of delays. Based on United’s regular passenger numbers and the number of canceled flights from previous earnings reports, more than 400,000 passengers may have had reservations on the canceled United flights, according to CNN.
Along with the bad weather, United CEO Scott Kirby blamed much of the service reduction on the FAA and staffing shortages at air traffic control centers.
But Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who oversees the FAA, told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, “Air traffic control issues are not the primary issue causing cancellations and delays. They are not even the number two issue.
Kirby apologized to customers and his own staff after taking a private jet during a week of mass delays and cancellations.
