Sundiata Post – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said that flights from several major US airlines, including Delta, United, and American Airlines, were grounded Friday morning due to a communication issue.
The FAA said the glitch impacts all flights from the airlines, regardless of their destination. CNN reports that it is not clear how long the issue will last, though the regulator suggested an update would be made available soon.
The grounding comes after a Microsoft outage brought Frontier Airlines to a standstill for hours on Thursday. Earlier, the airline said its systems had been impacted by the outage and offered refunds to inconvenienced passengers.
Other competitors, including Allegiant and Sun Country, also said they were experiencing difficulties, including with their booking, check-in, and trip-managing functions online.
The FAA also announced Friday morning that all Allegiant flights would be grounded. On the Azure cloud software status report site, Microsoft said that service went down for some customers in the central United States around 6 p.m. ET, “including failures with service management operations and connectivity or availability of services.”
