Author: Emily Harper

American Airlines resumed service Tuesday morning following a brief system outage that grounded flights across the United States during one of the busiest travel periods of the year. The airline attributed the delays to a “vendor technology issue,” and boarding resumed around 8 a.m. ET. Despite significant delays, the airline managed to avoid widespread cancellations. The Cause of the Outage The Allied Pilots Association revealed that American Airlines’ Flight Operations System (FOS), crucial for managing flight departures and passenger boarding, went down briefly. While the airline did not confirm the specific system impacted, it acknowledged that the outage temporarily halted…