The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday evening issued a nationwide ground stop for all American Airlines flights due to an IT issue.

BREAKING: All American Airlines flights that aren’t currently airborne are grounded nationwide due to an IT outage, according to an FAA advisory. pic.twitter.com/drE1LVAHqB

— Ayesha Ali (@ayeshaali_) July 28, 2026

American Airlines issued an apology to customers as they worked to resolve the issue.

Details about the IT issue are unclear.

“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,” American Airlines said.

“We put a temporary ground stop in place while our teams worked to resolve the issue. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience,” American Airlines said.

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

Various IT issues have plagued airlines over the last few years.

Last year, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop for United Airlines flights at several airports due to a ‘technology issue.’

“The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday it issued a ground stop for United Airlines (UAL.O), flights at several U.S. airports while the company itself said its teams were working to resolve a tech outage as soon as possible,” Reuters reported.

‘Due to a technology issue, we are holding United mainline flights at their departure airports. We expect additional flight delays this evening as we work through this issue. Safety is our top priority, and we’ll work with our customers to get them to their destinations,’ United Airlines said in a statement to The Daily Mail.