--- description: American Airlines flights around the country have been ground stopped due to technical issues at the airline. title: American Airlines Flights Grounded at Major Airports image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta67eccb640422ad4/69886415e20a870ddba8d49b/american-airline.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # American Airlines Flights Grounded at Major Airports  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 14, 2023 1:56 AM CUTPublished: Sep 17, 2015 5:51 PM CUT  An American Airlines airplane sits at a gate at the O'Hare Airport on Oct. 2, 2014 in Chicago. An American Airlines airplane sits at a gate at the O'Hare Airport on Oct. 2, 2014 in Chicago.Jim Young—Reuters  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 14, 2023 1:56 AM CUTPublished: Sep 17, 2015 5:51 PM CUT American Airlines flights at three airports were ground stopped due to technical issues at the airline, but the issues have since been resolved. [The advisory](http://www.fly.faa.gov/ois/jsp/adv%5Foisedit%5Fdis.jsp?number=89&day=09172015&gdp=-1&gstop=159065 "undefined") in the Federal Aviation Administration database cited “airline issues” as reason for the stop. A spokesperson for American Airlines told TIME in an email just after 2 pm ET, “We have resolved connectivity issues that led to a ground stop today at our Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth and Miami hubs. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to get our customers on their way as soon as possible.” The FAA confirmed [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/FAANews/status/644564704883535872 "undefined") that the outage affected Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, O’Hare International Airport, and Miami International Airport due to computer issues. Passengers took to social media to complain vocally about the delays: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4039035/american-airlines-flights-grounded/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4039035/american-airlines-flights-grounded/"},"headline":"American Airlines Flights Grounded at Major Airports","datePublished":"2015-09-17T17:51:49.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T01:56:40.000Z","description":"\"Technical issues\" are impacting several airports","url":"https://time.com/4039035/american-airlines-flights-grounded/","keywords":["Travel","American Airlines"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta67eccb640422ad4/69886415e20a870ddba8d49b/american-airline.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta67eccb640422ad4/69886415e20a870ddba8d49b/american-airline.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"An American Airlines airplane sits at a gate at the O'Hare Airport in Chicago, Illinois","caption":"An American Airlines airplane sits at a gate at the O'Hare Airport in Chicago, Illinois","creditText":"Jim Young—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4039035/american-airlines-flights-grounded/","name":"American Airlines Flights Grounded at Major Airports"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"What is the safest place to sit on a plane?","description":"Where you should sit next time you get onboard","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/bJ6pkbGM/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-24T19:59:50.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bJ6pkbGM.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4039035/american-airlines-flights-grounded/","duration":"PT1M50S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4039035/american-airlines-flights-grounded/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```