United Airlines experienced widespread flight delays due to a technology disruption on Wednesday evening. The airline grounded over 1,000 flights, with FlightAware showing 1,092 delays. The Trump administration has prioritized updating technology and boosting air traffic control recruitment. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed that the issue was specific to United’s operations and unrelated to the broader air traffic control system. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is in close contact with the systems operations team and has offered full support to help clear up the flight backlog. The disruption impacted a system called Unimatic, which houses information about each flight that is fed to other systems, such as those that calculate weight and balance and track flight times. The FAA has offered full support to help address the flight backlog and remain in close contact with United. The FAA remains in close contact with United as they work through the recovery process.
United has attributed over 1,000 flight delays to a ‘technology disruption’. Thuy 624
