(New York) United Airlines on Tuesday suspended all takeoffs midday due to an unspecified “widespread technology problem”.

“Hold down is now lifted,” the company posted at around 2 p.m. EST on X, formerly Twitter.

“We have found a solution to remedy the technological problem and the flights have resumed,” she continued, without further details.

Earlier, she reported “a widespread technology issue” that forced her to ground “all planes at their departure airports.”

She had specified that the devices already in flight continued towards their destinations as planned.

The American agency supervising aviation, the FAA, had indicated that the company had itself requested this suspension in the United States.

In a notice posted at 12:33 p.m. Eastern Time on its website, the FAA clarified that this request was valid until 2 p.m. Eastern Time and was due to “equipment failure.”