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New Thu 17 Sep 15 18:37 
 FAA says American Airlines flights ground stopped - smokie
What's going on there then?

www.cnbc.com/2015/09/17/faa-database-widespread-ground-stops-for-american-airlines-nationwide.html

A company tweet says "We’re working to resolve technical issues impacting several airports as soon as possible. We truly apologize." The article says computer issues.
Last edited by: smokie on Thu 17 Sep 15 at 18:39
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New Thu 17 Sep 15 18:44 
 FAA says American Airlines flights ground stopped - rtj70
Not something like an issue with tablet computers being used as the flight manuals? It's happened with airlines before.
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New Thu 17 Sep 15 19:36 
 FAA says American Airlines flights ground stopped - henry k
They appear to be back online.

Suggestions it was hardware.
Three major airport hubs affected
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New Thu 17 Sep 15 20:45 
 FAA says American Airlines flights ground stopped - R.P.
Korean/ISIS/Chinese hack ?
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New Thu 17 Sep 15 20:52 
 FAA says American Airlines flights ground stopped - Zero
>> Korean/ISIS/Chinese hack ?

AA has history - their network is so dodgy, a single failed router brought it all crashing down earlier this year.
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