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CNN
11 hours ago
- CNN
American Airlines operations returning to normal after systemwide computer outage
American Airlines suffered a widespread outage with its flight information computer system, authorities with two affected airports told CNN. A source from one affected airport told CNN the airline had sent messages indicating problems for at least two hours with the system that handles flight bookings, check-in, ticketing and baggage tagging, along with other functions. The source said American sent communications just before 2:45 p.m. ET stating the systems were coming back online and to expect 'slight delays as they work towards normal operations.' CNN has reached out to American Airlines but has not received a response. Airport officials at Miami International Airport said they were notified about the problem just after 2 p.m. Friday. 'We have been just notified about that. We're waiting to hear if any sites have been impacted yet,' said Greg Chin, communications director at Miami International Airport. The full impacts on flights and passengers were not yet clear Friday afternoon. One passenger in Arizona told CNN he was stuck on an airplane before takeoff. 'The flight was supposed to takeoff at 10:22 (a.m. MT), the app now says 11:30 (a.m. MT), but that's just a place holder. Pilot came on and said that AA's electronic maintenance system is down and they can't input whatever work was done on the plane and then accept it so therefore we're stuck until that system comes back up,' Jason Hass said. A passenger in Charlotte who was scheduled to leave at 1 p.m., told CNN they were about to take off just before 3 p.m. The passenger, John Noona, told CNN airline officials said the 'main system' had gone down. He added he had been stuck on the ground for nearly two hours. The Federal Aviation Administration, as well as officials at airports in Chicago and Dallas, referred questions to the airline. At 2:30 p.m. ET, flight data tracker FlightAware showed 21% of American Airlines flights delayed and 2% canceled. American's wholly-owned subsidiary PSA Airlines had 27% of flights delayed and 11% were canceled Friday. This is a developing story and will be updated. CNN's Ed Lavandera, Bill Kirkos and Sarah Dewberry contributed to this report.
UPI
4 days ago
- Business
- UPI
JetBlue to end service at Miami International Airport in September.
A JetBlue plane takes off from JFK Airport on March 11, 2019, in New York City. The airline is ending service to Miami International Airport. The airline offers service from Miami to JFK via Boston. File photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo June 23 (UPI) -- JetBlue Airways, the fifth-largest airline in the United States, is ceasing service at Miami International Airport in an attempt to end less profitable routes. The last flight for the low-cost carrier in Miami is scheduled for Sept. 3, officials told WFOR-TV. The airline first began operating at MIA in 2021. The airport is the 10th busiest in the United States and serves several nations, including in Central and South America. JetBlue informed MIA of the changes Friday, Greg Chin, communications director for Miami-Dade Aviation Department, told the Miami Herald. Travelers who booked on flights after Sept. 3 "will have the option to fly via Fort Lauderdale or receive a full refund to their original form of payment," Dombrowski told the Miami Herald. JetBlue operates only a single route into Miami International with two daily flights between the city and Boston's Logan International Airport, according to JetBlue spokesperson Derek Dombrowski. Connections are available from Boston, including New York's JFK, where the airlines is based. The airline was operating as many as 14 daily flights to and from Miami International at its peak, according to the Miami Herald. JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty, in an internal memo shared with CBS News last week, said the company would "wind down underperforming routes" to reduce costs amid softening demand for travel. "We're hopeful demand and bookings will rebound, but even a recovery won't fully offset the ground we've lost this year, and our path back to profitability will take longer than we'd hoped," she said in the memo. "That means we're still relying on borrowed cash to keep the airline running." Jet Blue has 1,000 daily flights switch 100 destinations, including European nations. Jet Blue will continue to offer service at the two other South Florida airports: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International and West Palm Beach. Elsewhere in Florida, service is offered in Orlando, Jacksonville, Sarasota/Bradenton, Tampa Bay, Tallahassee and Key West. JetBlue is the second-largest carrier in Fort Lauderdale, behind Spirit, with about 6.8 million serve at that airport in 2024. The airline also plans to cut other routes, including West Palm Beach-Buffalo, N.Y., The Points Guy reported. American Airlines is the largest carrier at the Miami airport as it serves as a hub to Latin America and the Caribbean. Other major U.S. airlines serving the airport are Delta, Spirit, United and Frontier. Southwest doesn't operate there.
Miami Herald
07-03-2025
- Science
- Miami Herald
‘UFO!' SpaceX Starship explodes, Miami airlines grounded. See video that put us on alert
'Did you see the comet?' the swim coach quizzed, twisting toward the University of Miami's Lake Osceola and nudging a glance to the night sky above the student activities center. 'It was a UFO!' a young swimmer chimed in on the pool deck during a chilly Thursday night practice. 'Aliens!' the coach joked as she showed what looked like a meteor shower streak on her phone screen. They were among people across South Florida who saw streaks of something bright cascading across the sky when it was still light out early Thursday evening around 6:30. The Federal Aviation Administration did, too. The FAA halted flights, including at Miami International Airport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, after SpaceX confirmed that its Starship launch experienced a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' during its ascent. Translation: The rocket blew up. And it showered flaming debris over South Florida and the Caribbean that people caught on their cellphones while driving home or out and about. There were no reported injuries and no humans were in the rocket. Sorry, not a UFO or aliens. But the explosion up above had impact down below. Aviation halt At MIA, an airlines ground stop was issued at 6:42 p.m. that lasted until about 8 p.m., Miami Herald news partner CBS News Miami reported. The advisory cited a 'space launch incident.' Average departure delays soared to 36 minutes and a maximum delay twice that time of 74 minutes. 'Some flights at MIA are being delayed due to falling debris from the SpaceX launch over the Atlantic Ocean,' said Greg Chin, Communications Director at MIA. Same thing at FLL four minutes later. Departure delays averaged 41 minutes and peaked at 67 minutes. Arlene Satchell, FLL's spokeswoman, said that the ground stop that had everyone pondering the night skies was 'short lived and has been lifted.' Friday morning it was business as usual. Travel had resumed. SpaceX was investigating. And people were twittering on TikTok, Instagram and other social media accounts about the night before when something in the evening sky freaked the system out. What SpaceX said SpaceX, Elon Musk's aerospace company, issued a statement on his platform X at 7:16 p.m. Thursday. 'During Starship's ascent burn, the vehicle experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly and contact was lost. Our team immediately began coordination with safety officials to implement pre-planned contingency responses. We will review the data from today's flight test to better understand root cause. As always, success comes from what we learn, and today's flight will offer additional lessons to improve Starship's reliability.' The 400-foot rocket broke up during its eighth flight test, USA Today reported. The flight contained no crew. The spacecraft had lifted off from Boca Chica, Texas, at 6:30 p.m., Eastern time. What earth dwellers said 'Space X reached for the stars… and Florida got the leftovers,' quipped Only in Dade on Instagram. 'Space debris over Miami! Holy [expletive.] That's my first time ever seeing that,' said TikTok user SunAndSand87, identified as 'Your average Joe navigating Miami a Day at a Time.' His image shows the Miami skyline and PortMiami in the forefront and a shower of debris heading toward a dip into the ocean on the horizon. Miami Herald staff writer Milena Malaver contributed to this report.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
SpaceX Starship rocket lost during 8th test flight, debris shoots through sky
SpaceX's Starship rocket broke up during its eighth uncrewed flight test on Thursday, sending debris shooting through the sky and temporarily affecting flights at Miami-area airports. It was SpaceX's second such setback since January. SpaceX on Thursday lost communication with the rocket just over nine minutes after the launch. Elon Musk's company said the rocket "experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly," the same language it used when Starship's last test flight in January unexpectedly exploded in the sky The 400-foot spacecraft, composed of both the Starship vehicle and Super Heavy rocket, launched just after 6:30 p.m. ET Thursday. The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement to USA TODAY Thursday that it activated a debris response area and "briefly slowed aircraft outside the area where space vehicle debris was falling or stopped aircraft at their departure location." Greg Chin, a spokesman with the Miami-Dade Aviation Department, said that "some flights" were delayed at Miami International Airport between 7 and 7:30 p.m. ET "due to falling debris from the SpaceX launch over the Atlantic Ocean." The FAA said that normal operations resumed Thursday night night. As of 8:30 p.m. ET, the National Airspace System Status page listed a departure delay at Miami International due to "space launch debris," though the FAA said in a follow-up email that the airspace was open. Despite Thursday's setback, SpaceX was able to complete its third return and catch of the rocket booster at the launch pad, but it did not complete a Starlink payload deployment test. The Starship vehicle was intended to land in the Indian Ocean. "Obviously a lot to go through, a lot to dig through, and we're going to go right at it," SpaceX's Dan Huot said during the livestream of Thursday's launch. "We have some more to learn about this vehicle." Video of the apparent explosion began appearing on social media Thursday night as what is likely Starship debris streaked across the sky in the Bahamas. The previous Starship demonstration on Jan. 16 ended in a fiery explosion after the Starship vehicle was lost during its suborbital flight. Mission controllers lost contact with the spacecraft within 8 1/2 minutes of its flight before determining that it was destroyed in what the company called a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly.' Video on social media showed the explosion and its aftermath as remains of the spacecraft are seen breaking up in what looks like a stunning meteor shower. SpaceX, which conducted an investigation with the FAA, determined that the mishap was due to a series of propellant leaks and fires in the aft section of the vehicle that caused 'all but one of Starship's engines to execute controlled shut down sequences." This led to the communication breakdown and the vehicle to trigger its own self destruction. This story has been updated with new information This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: SpaceX Starship rocket lost during 8th test flight
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
SpaceX Starship rocket lost during 8th test flight, debris shoots through sky
SpaceX's Starship rocket broke up during its eighth uncrewed flight test on Thursday, sending debris shooting through the sky and temporarily affecting flights at Miami-area airports. It was SpaceX's second such setback since January. SpaceX on Thursday lost communication with the rocket just over nine minutes after the launch. Elon Musk's company said the rocket "experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly," the same language it used when Starship's last test flight in January unexpectedly exploded in the sky The 400-foot spacecraft, composed of both the Starship vehicle and Super Heavy rocket, launched just after 6:30 p.m. ET Thursday. The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement to USA TODAY Thursday that it activated a debris response area and "briefly slowed aircraft outside the area where space vehicle debris was falling or stopped aircraft at their departure location." Greg Chin, a spokesman with the Miami-Dade Aviation Department, said that "some flights" were delayed at Miami International Airport between 7 and 7:30 p.m. ET "due to falling debris from the SpaceX launch over the Atlantic Ocean." The FAA said that normal operations resumed Thursday night night. As of 8:30 p.m. ET, the National Airspace System Status page listed a departure delay at Miami International due to "space launch debris," though the FAA said in a follow-up email that the airspace was open. Despite Thursday's setback, SpaceX was able to complete its third return and catch of the rocket booster at the launch pad, but it did not complete a Starlink payload deployment test. The Starship vehicle was intended to land in the Indian Ocean. "Obviously a lot to go through, a lot to dig through, and we're going to go right at it," SpaceX's Dan Huot said during the livestream of Thursday's launch. "We have some more to learn about this vehicle." Video of the apparent explosion began appearing on social media Thursday night as what is likely Starship debris streaked across the sky in the Bahamas. The previous Starship demonstration on Jan. 16 ended in a fiery explosion after the Starship vehicle was lost during its suborbital flight. Mission controllers lost contact with the spacecraft within 8 1/2 minutes of its flight before determining that it was destroyed in what the company called a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly.' Video on social media showed the explosion and its aftermath as remains of the spacecraft are seen breaking up in what looks like a stunning meteor shower. SpaceX, which conducted an investigation with the FAA, determined that the mishap was due to a series of propellant leaks and fires in the aft section of the vehicle that caused 'all but one of Starship's engines to execute controlled shut down sequences." This led to the communication breakdown and the vehicle to trigger its own self destruction. This story has been updated with new information This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: SpaceX Starship rocket lost during 8th test flight
