JetBlue IT issue resolved after flights grounded nationwide for about an hour
By APFriday, February 26, 2010
JetBlue flying after IT issue grounds flights
NEW YORK — JetBlue says a technical issue with its central computer system that led to an hour-long grounding of flights nationwide has been resolved.
Flights were temporarily grounded at around 2:45 p.m. EST Friday and the issue was resolved just before 3:45 p.m. EST.
The carrier had already canceled most of its flights out of the New York area Friday due to a snowstorm.
Nearly all major carriers flying in and out of New York dropped at least some of their flights Friday, leading to over 1,000 cancellations.
Snow and ice at John F. Kennedy International, JetBlue’s home base, kept incoming flights delayed for an average of one hour and 9 minutes, according to FAA spokesman Paul Takemoto.
At Newark Liberty International, incoming flights were delayed by an average of one hour and 17 minutes.
High winds in Boston and Washington also slowed air traffic, Takemoto said.
