flight delays

The flight delays tag covers reports about disruptions to air travel, including the United Airlines systems outage that affected check-in, baggage handling, boarding and flight operations at several U.S. airports. Coverage describes passenger reports from Newark, Chicago O’Hare, San Francisco and Washington Dulles during a busy travel period, along with rising outage reports on Downdetector. The incident’s cause and full scope were not confirmed in the available report, and no nationwide ground stop had been publicly established. Follow this tag for updates on airline technology problems and other operational incidents that may affect airport processing and scheduled flights.