Passengers across the United States were faced with major delays after the Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for United Airlines flights at five major airports.ย
The precaution was taken by the FAA at airports in Chicago, Denver, Newark, Houston, and San Francisco.
United Airlines told Daily Mail ‘a technology issue’ was the reason for the stoppage.
‘Due to a technology issue, we are holding United mainline flights at their departure airports,’ United said in a statement.
‘We expect additional flight delays this evening as we work through this issue. Safety is our top priority, and weโll work with our customers to get them to their destinations.’
According to data from FlightAware, 1071 United Airlines flights were delayed and 67 were canceled.
The airline told Daily Mail that the technology issue was not a cyber attack, as it cited a problem with the ‘weight and balance computer system.’
This ground stop did not appear to affect planes that are already in the air, ABC’s Sam Sweeney reported. Those planes continued to their destinations as planned.
Chaos at airports as nationwide ground stop issued for United Airlines due to 'technology issue' https://t.co/ZAhNvfhpRQ
— Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) August 7, 2025
