{"id":20789,"date":"2026-07-29T09:11:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20789"},"modified":"2026-07-29T09:11:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:11:50","slug":"american-airlines-nationwide-ground-stop-lifted-after-it-outage-disrupts-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20789","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines nationwide ground stop lifted after IT outage disrupts flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/tag\/american-airlines\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">American Airlines<\/a> has lifted a national groundstop after a system outage, the airline confirmed Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A technology issue briefly impacted connectivity for some of our systems on Tuesday evening,&#8221; American Airlines said on X. &#8220;Systems are coming back online now and flights are departing again. We put a temporary ground stop in place while our teams worked to resolve the issue. 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