NEW YORK — All United Continental flights in the U.S. have been grounded due to computer problems.
United said Wednesday that it is working to resolve the problems, which are related to “network connectivity.”
It is the second time in two months that the carrier has been hit by major technical issues.
The Chicago company had halted all takeoffs in the U.S. on June 2 due to what the airline described as computer automation issues.
The Federal Aviation Administration used the same language in its notice about the outage Wednesday.
United suffered a series of computer problems in 2012 after switching to a passenger information computer system previously used by merger partner Continental Airlines.
In each case, hundreds of flights were delayed. A number of high-paying business travelers defected to other airlines and revenue dropped.
“We don’t know everything behind this morning’s issues yet, but today’s incident underscores the sense that something is very wrong at United,” said Gary Leff, co-founder of frequent-flier website MilePoint.
Shares of Continental Holdings Inc. declined 76 cents to $53.55 in early morning trading.
Michelle Chapman in New York contributed to this story.
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As somebody once said, computers are like Old Testament gods – lots of rules and no mercy.
Update – they’re flying again.
There is a massive cyber attack going on, primarily aimed at things in St. Louis, for some reason. You can watch it in real time: http://map.norsecorp.com/. That’s half cool, half spooky. It’s like the video game version of War Games. A preview of coming attractions…
alien invasion
No, that’s on the southern border (a group that makes up 3.5% of the population but is responsible for 36.7% of the federal sentences, and is 4x more likely to commit murder: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/07/illegal-immigrants-accounted-for-nearly-37-percent-of-federal-sentences-in-fy-2014/)
You’re out of line. This is an article about air travel. Keep your prejudice where it belongs…
We’re supposed to be a nation of laws. We can ignore the laws, but we can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring the laws. You know what’s really out of line? Deporting a guy 5 times in a row only to have him keep walking across the unprotected border and murder someone in cold blood (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20150708/us–pier_shooting-immigration-e4f7a57301.html). It has nothing to do with prejudice or skin color. Zero. Zip. Zilch. Nada. I’m not sure why liberals can’t understand that. But if it makes you feel better to ignore things go ahead.
Which has nothing to do with THIS story. You just spread your bigotry any old place you want. Are you the guy who dumps your trash out the window of your car, too? Just stick with the subject of the story.
Hey Brian, since you brought up the southern border why don’t you join the U.S Border Patrol and go to work down there? Or OH you know what? Why join the border patrol and go through all that government red tape when you can just grab all your precious guns and go join one of the wannabe “Militia” groups that stake themselves out on lawn chairs near the border and do nothing except talk bad about our president while they drink beer, point their guns at things and scratch themselves all day. You would fit right in with them.
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By the definition of the word bigot you are one. You hateful indifference to Brians comments. Prove you throw around a word you hafe no clue to its meaning . Maybe you should educate yourself before you comment. Or else you look like an http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypocrite&sa=U&ei=pbmdVdy9EIXsoATp7bGoBg&ved=0CBYQFjAB&usg=AFQjCNHumubRNNiTXyfD8zqMLFngrX3ZuA .
Brian’s comments are completely out of line here, Ronnie K. I’m sure Simone knows what bigotry means. We read it everyday in comments on the SGN.
“Shares of Continental Holdings Inc. declined 76 cents to $53.55 in early morning trading.” Yup, until the computers at the Stock Exchange crashed 🙂
Brian’s comments are not out of line at all. The illegal aliens should have been dealt with decades ago. Now I’m afraid it’s too late and we’re stuck with them forever!
They’re out of line in a story ab out a problem with the airlines that has NOTHING to do with illegal aliens. That’s the only point I’m making. The article is not about illegal aliens. If it were, comments about them would be appropriate. Since it’s not, comments about them are out of place.
LOL, explain why its out of line. out of context maybe, but who cares…
Out of context is completely different, but there’s no point trying to explain anything here. I’m going to the beach…Have fun, Fun Bag.