American Airlines briefly grounded flights nationwide due to a technical issue just as the Christmas travel season kicks into high gear.

By Utkarsh Shetti, Abhijith Ganapavaram and David Shepardson (Reuters) -American Airlines said on Tuesday its flights had resumed after a technical glitch forced the carrier to issue an hour-long ground stop,

The FAA has ordered all American Airlines flights grounded in the U.S. after the carrier reported a technical issue affecting its system.

Following a brief outage that grounded all American airlines flights during one of the busiest travel periods of the year, American Airlines says it has resumed service Tuesday morning, albeit with substantial delays.

The Federal Aviation Administration shortly before 8 a.m. ET canceled a ground stop that had been issued earlier for all American flights at the carrier’s request. The ground st