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FAA Lifts Brief Nationwide Ground Stop for JetBlue After Airline IT Outage

The pause ended after roughly 40 minutes following JetBlue's fix of a brief internal IT outage.

Overview

  • The FAA issued the halt at JetBlue’s request, covering all of the airline’s departures to all destinations.
  • The stop ran from about 12:35 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. ET, according to the Air Traffic Control System Command Center advisory.
  • JetBlue said a brief system outage caused the disruption and confirmed that operations have resumed.
  • Flights already in the air continued to their destinations while new departures were held during the stop.
  • Industry reporting flagged potential residual delays as aircraft and crews are repositioned, and travelers were advised to check flight status.