American Airlines grounds flights nationwide for an hour due to technical issue
American Airlines grounded flights nationwide on Tuesday due to a technical issue, just as the busy Christmas travel season began. The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop at the airline's request, which lasted about one hour. Flights were cleared to resume after federal regulators assessed the situation. American Airlines has not provided details about the technical issue that caused the disruption. The timing of the ground stop coincides with a peak travel period, with the Transportation Security Administration expecting to screen 40 million passengers through January 2. Past incidents have shown that even brief outages can lead to significant travel disruptions.