United Airlines was forced to issue a ground stop for all flights nationwide due to a technical issue with its weight and balance computer system Wednesday evening. "Due to a technology issue, we are holding United mainline flights at their departure airports,

A “technology issue” that prompted United Airlines to ground flights across the US on Wednesday, triggering more than 1,000 delays and dozens of cancellations, has been resolved, the airline told CNN.

United Airlines suffered a major "technology disruption" on Wednesday night, the carrier has told Newsweek via email, leading to widespread travel chaos in the United States and beyond, and it later warned of "residual delays" even though the underlying issue had been resolved.