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ground stop
Coverage of ground stop in the Nexus archive.
- American Airlines issues nationwide ground stop, says 'systems are coming back online'
American Airlines has briefly issued a nationwide ground stop. The airline stated that 'systems are coming back online.'
- American Airlines flights begin departing after ground stop, officials say
A nationwide ground stop was issued for all American Airlines flights due to an Internet outage, affecting all U.S. destination airports and facilities between 3:29 p.m. and 5 p.m. according to the Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic control system command center.