New York, Aug. 7 -- U.S. carrier United Airlines resumed flights late Wednesday, a few hours after a major computer system outage prompted the carrier to ground flights nationwide.
"The underlying technology issue has been resolved, and, while we expect residual delays, our team is working to restore our normal operations," the airline said in a statement.
The issue is related to a system that houses information about each flight, which is then fed into other systems, including those that calculate weight and balance and track flight times, it added.
Yet, the airline didn't say what caused the glitch.
The outage, beginning just after 6 p.m. Eastern time (2200 GMT), prompted ground stops at several major United Airlines hub airports,...