The airline’s grounding had affected more than 1,200 planes, but service has resumed.
Southwest Airlines experienced a nationwide grounding of its planes on Tuesday morning because of « intermittent technology issues. »
The grounding caused numerous delays and inconveniences for passengers, who expressed their frustrations on social media.
The planes are now back in service, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Southwest Airlines experienced a nationwide grounding of its planes on Tuesday morning as a result of « intermittent technology issues, » according to an airline spokesperson.
The grounding had affected more than 1,200 planes as of 11 a.m. Eastern time. It occurred after the airline asked the Federal Aviation Administration to delay its flights, according to an FAA tweet. At 11:10 a.m. Eastern time, the FAA announced that Southwest flights were back in service.
« As a result of the intermittent technology issues that we experienced, we should hopefully be resuming our operation as soon as possible, » a spokesperson tweeted in reply to someone inquiring about the grounding.
