A single software glitch has shut down a national fleet

United Airlines grounded its entire U.S. fleet Wednesday. System-wide failure. Weight and balance software collapsed. No warning. No fallback. No workaround. Flights already airborne kept moving. Everything else froze. Chicago. Newark. Houston. Denver. All dark. https://abcnews.go.com/US/united-airlines-grounds-flights-nationwide-technology-issue/story?id=124433330 Passengers stuck on tarmacs. …

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FAA orders Alaska Airlines entire fleet grounded… Update: Resumed

https://www.xm.com/research/markets/allNews/reuters/us-faa-issues-ground-stop-advisory-for-alaska-airlines-53815199 The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday issued a ground stop advisory for Alaska Airlines, saying: “All Alaska mainline and subcarrier flights ground stopped.” The advisory said that flights for SkyWest, which provides regional service for Alaska Airlines and …

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