American Airlines mysteriously issued a temporary ground stop on all US flights early Tuesday, causing a short-lived scare for thousands flying for the holidays on Christmas Eve.
The airline warned travelers just after 6:30 that it was “experiencing a technical issue with all American flights,” without elaborating.
However, the Federal Aviation Administration announced just before 8 a.m. that the AA ground stop had been lifted — also without saying what had caused it.
Before that, the company had been replying to distressed travelers raising their plight on social media.
“An estimated timeframe has not been provided, but they’re trying to fix it in the shortest possible time,” the company had said in a post on X, responding to a question from a stranded flyer.
With Post wires.