The Federal Aviation Administration issued a short lived floor cease on all United Airlines flights Tuesday afternoon on the request of the airline.

The FAA alert to airports concerning the cease went out at 1:37 p.m., with the cease being lifted at 1:45 p.m. per the Air Traffic Control System Command Center alert database.

An alert earlier than the cease at 1:25 p.m. famous that United was “unable to contact their dispatch through normal means,” including within the floor cease alert that there was an “equipment outage.”

The FAA didn't specify which tools was impacted, and neither did United in its communication concerning the stoppage.

“We are experiencing a systemwide technology issue and are holding all aircraft at their departure airports. Flights that are already airborne are continuing to their destination as planned,” United Airlines posted on X at 1:38 p.m., disclosing the stoppage.

In an replace posted on X at 2 p.m., United stated a repair for the technological difficulty had been discovered, and that it might work with affected clients to get them the place they wanted to go as quickly as potential.

Thus far on Tuesday, there have been seven United flights canceled and 330 delayed, in response to flight monitoring knowledge web site FlightAware.

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