American Airlines grounds flights for an hour as holiday travel peaks
American Airlines grounded all flights in the U.S. for about one hour on Tuesday due to a technical issue. This occurred just as holiday travel was ramping up, with 40 million passengers expected to fly through January 2. The Federal Aviation Administration issued the ground stop at American's request. Flights were cleared to resume shortly after, but the airline has not provided details on the technical problem. The brief grounding could disrupt travel plans during a busy season, as many flights are sold out. Past incidents have shown that even short outages can lead to significant delays and cancellations.