The company released a statement saying it “experienced a network connectivity issue this morning”. Montgomery said there were no reports of extensive delays at the airline’s ticket counters as of about 7 a.m.
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In Louisiana, United serves the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport with flights to and from Houston and the Louis Armstrong New Orleans worldwide Airport.
Customers across the country took to Twitter to share their experiences.
All United Continental flights in the US are now grounded due to computer problems.
United was not immediately available for comment, and has not addressed the outage on its own Twitter account. The FAA reported a “ground stop” at all facilities for an automation issue.
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One to Chicago, one to Newark and one to Washington D.C. This is a developing story.
