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United airlines grounded nation wide
08/06/2025 | Myself

Posted on 08/06/2025 5:18:30 PM PDT by arrow107

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1 posted on 08/06/2025 5:18:30 PM PDT by arrow107
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To: arrow107

Again? Is this a new story?


2 posted on 08/06/2025 5:19:31 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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3 posted on 08/06/2025 5:19:36 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Really? I just went to flightradar24.com and found several UAL flights.


4 posted on 08/06/2025 5:24:32 PM PDT by Jemian (It is great to be an Auburn Tiger! War Eagle!)
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To: SkyDancer

This is current


5 posted on 08/06/2025 5:24:59 PM PDT by arrow107 (The risk of insult is the price of clarity, and it is a price few are willing to pay)
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I am sure that there are many flights currently in the air. I am stuck for the last hour and they are predicting up to 2 hours before we know anything. After 2 hours we will return to the gate and deplane


6 posted on 08/06/2025 5:27:16 PM PDT by arrow107 (The risk of insult is the price of clarity, and it is a price few are willing to pay)
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7 posted on 08/06/2025 5:28:54 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Probably already in the air.
Apparently they grounded flights at major airports where they have flight operations.


8 posted on 08/06/2025 5:30:29 PM PDT by chud
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Ah, yes. I had the lasagna.


9 posted on 08/06/2025 5:37:10 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: arrow107

Networked computers used to run our lives are great, aren’t they. Always dependable. Always do exactly what one would think they would do. Just ask dispatchers, voters, bankers, medical records keepers, etc..

Just think, one of those planes might have been carrying very valuable or life saving perishable items...too bad...sorry...the computer is down....sorry...


10 posted on 08/06/2025 5:44:04 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find. )
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Sorry to hear, the wife got caught in of those some months ago, had to spend the night at a hotel, etc. Here’s this:

“United Airlines is having a system outage that’s prompted it to hold departures. The airline has requested ground stops for UA flights at DEN, EWR, IAH, ORD and SFO currently. United expects additional delays this evening,” one person wrote on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.

“Stuck on the tarmac in New Orleans… no planes moving. No weight & balance data. Just vibes,” another one added.

Read More: United Airlines ground stop: Which airports are affected by system outage?

At Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, a traveler claimed they had been waiting for over five hours. “No United planes are leaving the tarmac. This is crazy,” they wrote.

United Airlines addresses concerns
United Airlines acknowledged the system failure on social media and began responding to individual customer concerns.”


11 posted on 08/06/2025 5:45:12 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....TRUMP IS RIGHT AGAIN.)
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I hate flying so much now. It’s always been stressful but now there are many more genuine safety concerns.


12 posted on 08/06/2025 5:48:00 PM PDT by toddausauras (47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 )
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Thank you for the clarification.


13 posted on 08/06/2025 5:49:43 PM PDT by Jemian (It is great to be an Auburn Tiger! War Eagle!)
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To: arrow107

I looked and couldn’t find anything.


14 posted on 08/06/2025 5:54:27 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: arrow107

Well, UAL is the DEI airlines.


15 posted on 08/06/2025 6:00:35 PM PDT by alternatives?
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The Google News search/aggregator has a bunch of articles on it, all within the past hour or so.


16 posted on 08/06/2025 6:06:04 PM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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Methinks they probably just installed CoPilot ...


17 posted on 08/06/2025 6:06:43 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (Political insight on loan from Rush Limbaugh)
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To: dayglored

Okay - well nothing on Drudge, Liberty Daily, Daily Mail, etc do not report anything about it. But I guess it’s real?


18 posted on 08/06/2025 6:07:18 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/business/united-airlines-system-outage.html


19 posted on 08/06/2025 6:09:24 PM PDT by fruser1
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Well see, if you make it tough to be a system maintenance person, we won’t get diversity and all different kinds of people working on it....

DEI sounds like DIE


20 posted on 08/06/2025 6:12:33 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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