LONDON – United Airlines has suffered an hours-long problem with its computer systems that resulted in delays and cancellations globally.
Passengers travelling late Thursday and early Friday took to social media to complain about delays as long as six hours.
United posted a statement on its Twitter account saying “we’re aware of an issue with our system & are working to resolve it.” By 3 a.m. EDT (0700 GMT), United officials claimed to have fixed it and said delayed flights were resuming.
Flight tracking service FlightStats showed 98 United flights were delayed and nice cancelled worldwide Friday morning.
As of 3 a.m. ET the system issue has been resolved. Any delayed flights are resuming and we apologize again for the inconvenience.
— United (@united) October 14, 2016
I’ve been on the plane more than an hour.. and my flight has been delayed twice. #unitedairlines #neveragain @united
— Yasmeen Noushinfar (@YasNoushinfar) October 14, 2016
After cancelling @United #991 because of computer glitch and clocked out crew, we learn our co-pilot for #2062 is … late.
— Holger Mueller (@holgermu) October 14, 2016
@holgermu We apologize for the delay and the inconvenience, Holger. Please let us know if you need our assistance. ^AH
— United (@united) October 14, 2016
