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<p>NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — United Airlines has apologized to a French woman after she wound up on a plane to San Francisco instead of Paris from a New Jersey airport.</p> <p>Lucie Bahetoukilae was scheduled to fly from Newark to Paris last month. Bahetoukilae, who only speaks French, ended up in San Francisco after boarding a plane at the gate that corresponded with her ticket.</p>

For the second time in five weeks mighty United Airlines, the world’s second-largest carrier, has been brought to its knees by a “technical glitch” that promises to impact more than half-a-million travelers today at the height of the busiest travel period of the year. The Federal Aviation Administration lifted its full ground stop order at around 9:20 a.m. ET. A ground stop order means that no aircraft – in this case no aircraft flown by United and its United Express EXPR +0.05% regional airline partners – can take off. United flights already in the air were allowed to continue but...

United Airlines grounded all flights worldwide Wednesday morning after its computer system suffered a technical glitch, causing a ripple effect of heavy delays throughout major airports. About 3,500 flights were being affected. The delays could reach 235 domestic and 138 international destinations. "We experienced a network connectivity issue this morning," United confirmed in a statement after 9 a.m. "We are working to resolve this and apologize to our customers for any inconvenience." The Federal Aviation Administration specifically blamed the ground stop on "automation issues." The ground stop, however, was lifted for United's regional carriers, which can perform their own weight...