American Airlines Resumes Flights After IT Outage Delays 19 Rochester Airport Trips
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Updated · News10NBC · Jul 29
American Airlines Resumes Flights After IT Outage Delays 19 Rochester Airport Trips
3 articles · Updated · News10NBC · Jul 29
Summary
Six departures and 13 arrivals at Rochester airport were delayed or canceled after American Airlines imposed a nationwide ground stop Tuesday evening, then resumed flights once its systems came back online.
More than 1,300 American Airlines flights were delayed and 300 canceled nationwide, according to FlightAware, while planes already in the air were not affected.
At Rochester, the outage crowded areas past security as travelers scrambled for alternate routes, waited hours for arriving relatives, or pushed trips back by days after missed connections and rebookings.
American has not said what caused the systemwide IT outage, which briefly disrupted operations across all airports before the airline lifted the stop.