Jul 8, 2015 9:47 AM

United Airlines Flights Grounded Across the US...Again

This is the second time in about a month that United has grounded its entire domestic fleet over mysterious computer issues.

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Around 9 a.m. Wednesday, the FAA announced that United Airlines has grounded all flights in the United States over what it is calling "an automation issue."

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Last month, United grounded all domestic flights after what appeared to be an issue with faulty flight plans being uploaded to pilots.

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Flight delays are expected throughout the day. We'll follow up with more news as we have it.

Emily Dreyfuss is the co-author of the book Meme Wars: the Untold Stories of the OInline Battles Upending Democracy in America. She works on the Technology and Social Change team at Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center. ... Read More

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