DENVER (KDVR) — Commercial airline United Airlines ordered a ground stop for flights at multiple major airports Wednesday evening.

According to the ground stop alert posted by the Federal Aviation Administration, the carrier had asked for the ground stop to be issued due to a technology issue, but didn't specify the cause.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a post on X that he had been briefed by United CEO Scott Kirby and learned the issue was "specific to United's operations, and is unrelated to the broader air traffic control system."

The airline provided an updated statement about the matter at about 8:15 p.m. MDT:

“We are working with customers to get them to their destinations after a technology disruption on Wednesday evening. The underlying technology issue has been re

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