United Airlines resumes operations after brief nationwide mainline ground stop
'A fire alarm sounded at our operations center, which caused employees to move to our nearby backup facility and resulted in a brief nationwide ground stop of United aircraft,' the company told Fox News Digital in a statement.
'Employees have returned to our primary operations center, and the ground stop has been lifted.'
United Airlines said the nationwide ground stop Thursday was caused by an emergency alarm that went off at its operations center in Chicago, Illinois.
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The company said that no flights were diverted and that its regional line, United Express, was unaffected.
United Airlines has the largest fleet of any American airline, operating 1,023 aircraft, according to Business Insider.
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