American Airlines Technical Glitch Causes Christmas Chaos After Entire Fleet Grounded
A nationwide system failure threatens holiday travel plans.

A technical glitch early on Christmas Eve grounded American Airlinesâ entire fleet of planes, setting up the potential for a domino effect of delays on one of the yearâs busiest travel days.
The Federal Aviation Administration posted the advisory notice on behalf of the airline on Tuesday morning, saying in a statement that the nationwide ground stop was done at the airlinerâs request. The apparent cause was a technical error that affected computer systems.
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