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\n A \u201ctechnology issue\u201d that halted United Airlines mainline flights out of departure airports Wednesday night has been resolved, the airline told CNN.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe are working with customers to get them to their destinations after a technology disruption on Wednesday evening,\u201d a United Airlines spokesperson told CNN. \u201cThe underlying technology issue has been resolved and while we expect residual delays, our team is working to restore our normal operations.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n The outage began at 6:12 p.m. ET and was resolved within a few hours, although residual delays continued into Wednesday night, the airline said. About 31% of the carrier\u2019s flights were delayed and 1% had been canceled as of 9:45 p.m. ET, according to flight data tracker FlightAware.<\/a>\n <\/p>\n \n United Airlines said that the outage was unrelated to recent cybersecurity concerns in the airline industry.\n <\/p>\n \n The Federal Aviation Administration acknowledged the disruption, saying, \u201cWe\u2019re aware United experienced a technology issue disrupting their operations. Some delays may continue as they work through the recovery process.\u201d The FAA is helping address United\u2019s \u201cflight backlog and remain in close contact with United.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Passenger Angela Jeffers, whose flight from Nashville to Denver was delayed two hours on Wednesday, said the pilot told passengers about the system outage.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cWe\u2019re missing some numbers we need to take off so we can\u2019t take off yet and don\u2019t have a time estimate of when we\u2019ll be able to,\u201d she <\/strong>recalled the pilot telling passengers.\n <\/p>\n \n She told CNN via text that passengers were given an update around 9:30 p.m. ET that some flights had begun boarding, but due to traffic, not all could. United offered to pay for a hotel and flight for her tomorrow, since her flight hadn\u2019t boarded, Jeffers said.\n <\/p>\n \n Her sister Jessica Jeffers was also coincidentally impacted by the disruption Wednesday night, but at a Denver airport. She also told CNN she had been stuck for two hours.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cIt\u2019s been pretty rough over here,\u201d Jessica Jeffers told CNN in a text around 9 p.m. ET. \u201cI have been stuck for about two hours on a plane in Denver waiting to go to Newark; with us just now having the option to either deboard or stay on and wait with no direction about what\u2019s going on. The air conditioning has been running really low so we have been essentially baking in here for hours.\u201d\n <\/p>\n![\"Passengers](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754542580_40_ap25219044621119.jpg\")
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