iPad Glitch Grounds Several Dozen American Airlines Flights

Updated: April 29, 2015 12:27 PM [ET] | Originally published: April 29, 2015 10:59 AM EDT;

Dozens of American Airlines flights were delayed Tuesday evening after the iPad software its pilots use to access flight plans suddenly went blank.

American Airlines confirmed the software glitch on Twitter. An airline spokesperson later said the glitch had stalled “several dozen” flights, Quartz reports.

@bjacaruso Some flights are experiencing an issue with a software application on pilot iPads. We'll have info about your departure soon.
— americanair (@AmericanAir) April 29, 2015

Stranded passengers in Chicago and Dallas also tweeted about the glitch.

@dfwairport I'm on an AA flight on the Tarmac b/c the pilot had an iPad crash. It's the entire American Air fleet. Is it other airlines too?
— Toni Jacaruso (@HotelNinja) April 29, 2015

@AmericanAir thanks they have deplaned us in #DFW we're renting a car and headed to #ATX
— Bill Jacaruso (@bjacaruso) April 29, 2015

American Airlines digitized its flight plans in 2013, replacing weighty paper-based tomes with Apple’s popular mobile tablet. The software in question is made by Jeppesen, a Boeing-owned company that specializes in aviation navigation and logistics products.

‘Several Dozen’ Flights Grounded Because of iPad Software Glitch

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