‘United Airlines’ shared information about this problem through social media platform X. In a post he said that we are facing an issue in the system. All planes are being stopped at airports. The flights that have taken off are proceeding as per plan. The airline appealed to the passengers to be patient and said that work is being done to fix the problem as soon as possible.
We have identified a fix for the technology issue and flights have resumed. We’re working with impacted customers to help them reach their destinations as soon as possible.
— United Airlines (@united) September 5, 2023
After this post, in another post, United Airlines said that it has resolved the technology related problem. Flights have started again. The airline informed that it is in contact with the passengers whose flights had to be cancelled.
It is said that the airline’s technology system became slow due to software updates. One Report According to, United Airlines confirmed that there has been no cyber attack on its systems. This is not the first case of flights being canceled due to technical glitch. Such incidents happen all over the world, especially in America and European countries.
Most of the population of these countries travels by air, hence the number of affected people is high. On August 28 itself, more than 500 flights had to be canceled due to a technical problem in the United Kingdom’s air traffic control system.