A maintenance issue delayed about 1,000 American Airlines flights in the United States on Wednesday. That included more than 400 delays and about 40 cancellations at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware.

The skies at DFW weren't so friendly, leaving American Airlines passengers like David Dudney with a major headache.

"I was kind of disappointed that they couldn't keep the flight on schedule," Dudney said. "I was supposed to go from Dallas directly to Minneapolis-Saint Paul and play some golf, and the flight got canceled, so now my only choice to go to Miami, which is a longer flight."

Airline cites technical issue

American Airlines sent CBS News Texas a statement, saying, in part:

"American is aware of a technical issue impacti

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