Wednesday turned out to be a flawless storm of tech glitches, which crippled United Airlines earlier this morning and the New York Stock Exchange. The interruptions came after shutdowns on China’s stock exchanges overnight.
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UPDATE, 12:50 p.m. EDT: The Wall Street Journal’s homepage is back up in full form after Wednesday’s outage. “Additional information will follow as soon as possible”. In 2012, the debut of Facbeook was delayed on the Nasdaq exchange when technical problems tarnished its public offering.
This is the second time in less than a month that United has experienced a problem.
The three technical issues don’t seem to be connected, and representatives from from all three were quick to point to hardware issues as the cause of the interruption and quell rumors of cyber-attacks. She said they’re looking to provide a swift resolution to ensure the market re-opens in a timely and orderly fashion.
First, there was the issue at United, which temporarily stopped all main United flights this morning.
The halt occurred at about 11:30 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday.
“The issue we are experiencing is an internal technical issue and is not the result of a cyber breach”, the exchange tweeted.
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About a half hour later, United posted, “We’re recovering from a network connectivity issue & restoring flight ops”. The airline, she said, is offering flight waivers via its website to people who can change their flight plans. However, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has offered its assistance to the NYSE if it’s determined that the help is needed.
