Cyber attack? Flights at United Airlines US Airports; Hundreds of flights were affected

The United Airlines temporarily base all its mainline flights on Wednesday evening due to a technical issue, the carrier confirmed. The mainline operation refers to the flights run directly by United using its aircraft and crew, including Boeing 737, 757, 767, 777 and 787 jets, as well as the report of Fox News, with Airbus A319 and A320 models. “Due to a technology issue, we are catching United Mainline flights at their departure airports,” the airline said. “We hope that additional flight delays this evening because we work through this issue. Security is our top priority, and we will work with our customers so that they can reach their destinations.”In an update recently, the airlines stated that their system is being restored, but is expected to continue on Wednesday night. So far, 827 flights have been delayed and 23 have been canceled. Airlines confirmed that this is not a cyber attack, ABC News said. Ground stop United Express does not affect flights, and according to the airlines, already any flight in the air will continue its destination. Several FAA notices have confirmed that United Airlines has requested a ground stop in major hubs including Newark, San Francisco, Denver, Houston and Chicago. Angela Jeffers, a passenger who delayed the flight from Nashville to Denver by two hours, said the pilot informed the passengers about a system outage. According to CNN report, “We are not missing some numbers, which we need to take off yet, so we can’t take off yet and when we are able to be able to be able to be able to estimate it at a time.”