United Airlines Grounded All Flights On Tuesday Morning Due To 'Dispatching' Issues

United_Boeing_747_livery_2 — United Airlines temporarily grounded its entire fleet Tuesday morning. United Airlines

The Federal Aviation Administration gounded all United Airlines flights temporarily Tuesday morning due to unspecified “automation issues.” According to the airline, flights were delayed in order to ensure that the flight dispatch system was working properly.

We began delaying flights at approx. 8 a.m. CT to ensure aircraft departed with proper dispatch information. Flights are now departing.
— United (@united) June 2, 2015

The FAA issued the temporary advisory around 9:25 a.m. EDT on Tuesday morning, but it was lifted just a few minutes later.

“United began delaying flights at approximately 8 a.m. CT [U.S. Central Time, one hour behind Eastern Time or EDT] to ensure aircraft departed with proper dispatching information,” United Airlines spokesman Charles Hobart told International Business Times in a statement. “We resumed departures at about 8:40 CT and are accommodating our customers to their destinations.”

Many passengers, who were stranded on flights that were sitting on the tarmac, took to Twitter to bemoan the delay.

All @united flights currently grounded due to 'an IT issue'. Our captain predicting only small delay. Plan accordingly
— Mehul (@mksheth) June 2, 2015

Sitting on the tarmac @ #DCA. Thnx 4 the delay @united. #30minuteswasted
— John Breyault (@JammingEcono) June 2, 2015

Sitting on runway. Pilot inferring #UnitedAirlines has grounded all flights due to possible hack: fake flight plans found in system.
— Ted Benson (@edwardbenson) June 2, 2015

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