United Airlines said that an outage on Tuesday, September 5 that temporarily grounded all of its departing flights nationwide was caused by a software update. The Federal Aviation Administration implemented a ground stop at United's request that lasted an hour. Flights already in the air were not affected. The airline emphasized that it was not a cybersecurity issue. Over 350 United flights were delayed, around 13% of their schedule for the day, impacting many Labor Day holiday travelers. United's stock price dipped 2.5% on the day following news of the ground-stop outage.
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00:02 United Airlines said that an outage on Tuesday, September 5th that temporarily grounded all
00:07 of its departing flights nationwide was caused by a software update.
00:11 The Federal Aviation Administration implemented a ground stop at United's request that lasted
00:16 around an hour.
00:18 Flights already in the air were not affected.
00:20 The airline emphasized that it was not a cybersecurity issue.
00:24 Over 350 United flights were delayed as a result, around 13% of their schedule for the
00:29 day impacting many Labor Day holiday travelers.
00:32 United's stock price dipped 2.5% on the day following news of the ground stop outage.
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