American lifts ground stop at PHL airport
American lifts ground stop at PHL airport
American Airlines has lifted it’s ground stop to/from Philadelphia International Airport after it’s computers failed to return from a scheduled internet outage that occurred overnight.
American officials say they had to manually check in all passengers and halt all flights while it’s systems were down. The ground stop was issued by the Federal Aviation Administration due to the computer outage and did not affect other airlines.
FAA has issued a ground stop for flights departing to PHL. Expect delays. Check flight status with your carrier.
— PHLAirport (@PHLAirport) February 22, 2017
While flights have resumed, there have been cancellations and the airline warns that there may be rolling delays for the next several hours. There have also been reports of passengers feeling ill due to the long delays caused by the ground stop.
If you are flying to/from PHL today, plan to expect at least some residual delays and check your flights status to stay informed of any delays or cancellations.
American’s systems returned at 7:45 am. Other than responding to customer complaints, American published no information regarding the outage and ground stop on their social media accounts. So much for communicating with the public!
.@AmericanAir flights are operating at PHL but some cancellations and delays are reported. Check flight status with @AmericanAir
— PHLAirport (@PHLAirport) February 22, 2017
Source: CBS Philly
I think the passengers are feeing ill because they chose ot purchase a ticket on a crappy airline. Generally, a few hours delay does not make one ill.
If basic economy tickets had already started, I would have assumed it was based on that! 🙂