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The grounding of United Airlines will be in place until 0700 GMT, the regulator said in a status update. (File Photo)

The U.S. Federal Aviation Adminration said on Wednesday it has issued a ground stop for United Airlines flights at U.S. and Canadian airports, citing a technological issue.

United Airlines did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
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The grounding will be in place until 0700 GMT, the regulator said in a status update.

This comes roughly a month after a glitch forced United Airlines to ground flights across major US airports including Newark, Denver, Houston and Chicago, causing widespread delays throughout its network in August. The outage was resolved within a few hours.

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