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"It didn’t shut down the iPad. It shut down the app ... :-) ..."

"The pilot told us when they were getting ready to take off, the iPad screens went blank, both for the captain and co-pilot, so they didn't have the flight plan... "The pilot came on and said that his first mate's iPad powered down unexpectedly, and his had too..."

...the pilot came over the loudspeaker to explain."He said, 'My copilot's iPad went black. Exactly 24 minutes after that, mine went black. We were informed it looks like a problem with all the iPads on 737s

Your claim is refuted in several stories.

So once again me right you wrong...

Rumor by a passenger ... versus ... official statements by the company itself — I’ll take the official explanation. Sorry, you lose ... LOL ...

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American Airlines planes grounded by iPad app error
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32513066

“We experienced technical issues with an application installed on some pilot iPads,” said a spokesman.

“This issue was with the third-party application, not the iPad, and caused some departure delays last night and this morning.

“Our pilots have been able to address the issue by downloading the application again at the gate prior to take-off and, as a back-up, are able to rely on paper charts they can obtain at the airport.

“We apologise for the inconvenience to our customers.”

American Airlines pilots use an app called FliteDeck, which is made by the Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen.

The issue was caused by a duplicate chart for Reagan National Airport in American’s chart database,” said Mike Pound.

“The app could not reconcile the duplicate, causing it to shut down.

“We were able to remedy the situation quickly, and instruct pilots to uninstall and reinstall the app.

“Until the chart database is updated, AA pilots flying to or from National will use PDF [portable document format] images of the chart, outside of the app.”

Your claim is refuted in several stories.

Which when you track them down were based on passenger's TWEETS. . . not the statements of anyone in the flight crews. Screen going black does NOT mean the iPad crashed. It means the App crashed. Press the home button and they'd be back at the home screen. The passengers would NOT have been informed of anything such as "It looks like a problem with all the iPads on 737s" Nor would such a problem be limited to 737s, every pilot with American Airlines carries the same software.

Some of these statements make no sense. "24 minutes later" How long do you normally wait to take off? Flight checking and loading the iPad is instantaneous, at most a few seconds. "getting ready to take off" . . . these planes had not yet taken off and were awaiting take off when they had to returned to the terminal.

"The glitch caused iPad software - used by the planes' pilots and co-pilots for viewing flight plans - to stop working. . ."
""The app could not reconcile the duplicate, causing it to shut down."

Parse those sentences, and you will see that in both cases it was the"software" and the "app" that specifically shut down." This is cited from an authoritative source, NOT some anonymous Tweet, citing something he remembers having heard over an airline PA system. SHEESH. You've been building your case on twitter comments from non-authority hear-say.

The airline reported that no flights were cancelled and only a few were delayed as pilots downloaded new versions of the software.

""We were able to remedy the situation quickly, and instruct pilots to uninstall and reinstall the app."

There you have the facts, from the horse's mouth.

You, of course would rather believe rumor, and innuendo. But the airlines are held to a higher standard and will have to also report to those very FAA regulators on why their flights were delayed, and TWEETS are not evidence.