UPDATE 14:02 UTC United Airlines Ground stoppage has been lifted!
UPDATE 14:00UTC UNITED AIRLINE COMPUTER SYSTEM IS SLOWLY COMING BACK ON LINE. THEY WILL BEGIN BOARDING THEIR FLIGHTS SHORTLY.
UPDATE 13:43 UTC United only nationwide ground stop to be lifted shortly.
UPDATE 15:28UTC United Airlines systems are coming back up now.
UPDATE 13:20UTC Statement from United Airlines regarding ground stops: ‘We experienced a network connectivity issue this morning. We are working to resolve this and apologize to our customers for any inconvenience’.
UPDATE 13:15UTC Ground stop lifted for flights on United Airlines sub-carriers; continues for mainline flights.
UPDATE 13:12UTC FAA airport status information
UPDATE 12:52 UTC Airlines tells FAA it is halting flights systemwide due to system issues.
UPDATE 12:49 UTC Ticket agent at United at Bradley Airport says ticket system down on East Coast.
UPDATE 12:30 UTC All United Airlines flights in US grounded due to computer system glitch.
@united better compensate customers for computer system outage. Long line in Boise and never flying #united again pic.twitter.com/u6bvWq6Lu3— Jeralyn Novak (@AgCommunicator) July 8, 2015
Been waiting to check in for #UnitedAirlines for almost an hour now because the computer system is down. Great start to a trip. @united— Meadow (@Meadow_k26) July 8, 2015
— William Allison (@billallison) July 8, 2015
@united what’s going on?!? All flights and system down? Close to an hour now at the gate. pic.twitter.com/tQrPwYpbvj— brooke (@cbrookewit) July 8, 2015