United Airlines grounds all US flights due to computer glitch

This is the second such setback for United in the last two months

Wednesday 08 July 2015 18:46 BST

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United Airlines has grounded all US flights while it deals with a computer glitch, the second time this has happened in the last month for the airline.

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the grounding of all United flights and said it was caused by "automation issues".

As of late Wednesday morning, United planes were taking off again.

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