MIAMI — American Airlines airplanes are getting back up in the air after an outage forced its flights to remain grounded for nearly an hour.
The airline says the issue was due to an IT problem.
A technology issue briefly impacted connectivity for some of our systems on Tuesday evening. Systems are coming back online now and flights are departing again. We put a temporary ground stop in place while our teams worked to resolve the issue. We apologize to our customers for…
— americanair (@AmericanAir) July 28, 2026
Their teams rushed to get the problem resolved, and flights have since resumed.
The delay has still caused headaches for travelers across the country.
A spokesperson for Miami International Airport said it was too early to show how many flights were affected at MIA, but a flight board indicated that there were several delays, but no cancellations were seen.
Local 10’s Aaron Maybin headed to Miami International Airport to assess the situation, and his full report can be seen at the top of this page.
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