United Flights Systemwide Halted By 2-Hour Computer Outage

Jun 20, 03:59 PM

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CHICAGO -- A computer malfunction at United Airlines halted all departures systemwide for two hours Wednesday, the carrier said.

The cause was not immediately clear.

The outage lasted from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. CDT, when departures were able to resume, spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said.

"We were experiencing a computer outage and now our computers are back up," she said. "Right now we're working hard to resume our operations."

FAA spokesman Allen Kenitzer in Seattle confirmed that all United flights across its system had been grounded because of the computer problem.

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