India, Aug. 7 -- A system-wide outage at United Airlines caused major disruptions across several airports on Wednesday. Flights were grounded and operations were delayed. According to DownDetector, platform that tracks online outages, the issue peaked at about 8 PM EDT. The company issued a statement, addressing concerns among travelers.

"United Airlines is having a system outage that's prompted it to hold departures. The airline has requested ground stops for UA flights at DEN, EWR, IAH, ORD and SFO currently. United expects additional delays this evening," one person wrote on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.

"Stuck on the tarmac in New Orleans. no planes moving. No weight & balance data. Just vibes," another one added.

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