All United Airlines domestic flights were grounded for about two hours Sunday night due to a computer glitch. “We have issued a ground stop for all domestic mainline flights due to an IT issue,” United Continental spokeswoman Maddie King said in a statement. The “ground stop” was lifted just after 9 p.m. Eastern, according to a tweet from the airline, and “we’re working to get flights on their way.” While United planes flying within the U.S. could not take off, the grounding did not apply to United sub-carriers. United did not immediately say how many flights were affected, nor what exactly the problem was.
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