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Close To 300 Domestic Flights Affected United Airlines states human error was behind a computer outage that brought operations to a halt at the carrier for two hours Wednesday, grounding approximately 300 flights and causing ripple effects that continued into Thursday.

(AP) A computer malfunction at United Airlines halted all departures systemwide for two hours Wednesday, forcing the delay or cancellation of nearly 300 flights, the carrier said.

On Wednesday morning, at the height of the day's opening travel rush, the computers at the United Airlines operations center suddenly crashed. When a backup computer system inexplicably failed to take up the slack, United was forced to cancel flight departures around the globe. The outage lasted for roughly two hours, and caused delays of up to 90 minutes for more than 250 flights. Another 24 ...

United Airlines is trying to figure out what caused a computer problem in its flight dispatching system Wednesday, a glitch of two hours that forced cancellations and delays affecting nearly 300 flights nationwide.

A computer malfunction at United Airlines halted all departures systemwide for two hours Wednesday, causing delays that lingered throughout much of the day, the carrier said.

24 flights scrapped after tech fault United AirLines was forced to scrap 24 domestic flights on Wednesday when the computers it uses to dispatch flights failed.

UAL Corp.'s United Airlines, the world's secondbiggest carrier, stopped all takeoffs around the globe for more than two hours Wednesday after a failure of the computer that controls flight operations.

SAN DIEGO - United Airlines flights were delayed at Lindbergh Field Wednesday due to a glitch in the airline's computer system, airport officials said.

GRAND RAPIDS (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - United Airlines says it's back online after a computer glitch forced the airline to ground its entire fleet Wednesday morning.

It was a tough day for airline passengers across the country, and the problem was centered right here in Chicago. Long delays and frustration were brought on by a computer glitch at United Airlines that was first reported on CBS2Chicago.com. VIDEO: See How Much Trouble The Malfunction Caused VIDEO: Hear From Frustrated Passengers Get breaking news alerts

A computer failure at United Airlines prevented the takeoff of all the air carrier's flights worldwide for about two hours on Wednesday. Flights scheduled to depart between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. EDT were grounded, causing backups and delays around the globe. Twenty-four domestic flights were canceled, and approximately 268 domestic and international flights were delayed.

A United Airlines computer malfunction halted all departures systemwide for two hours Wednesday, the carrier said. The cause of the outage wasn't immediately clear. It lasted from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., when departures were able to resume, said United spokeswoman Robin Urbanski. "We were experiencing a computer outage and now our computers are back up,'' she said. "Right now we're working hard to ...

A computer malfunction at United Airlines in Chicago halted all United departures systemwide for two hours Wednesday, the carrier said. Spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said the airline did not yet know what caused the problem, which she described as a computer outage. The outage lasted from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. local time (1300 GMT to 1500 GMT), when departures were able to resume, she said. "We were ...

A computer malfunction at United Airlines halted all departures systemwide for two hours Wednesday, the carrier said. The cause was not immediately clear.

A two-hour computer problem affected United Airlines flights system-wide, including at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said Wednesday. SLIDESHOWS: View The Day's Top Photos VIDEO: Watch The Latest News

A two-hour computer problem on Wednesday morning affects United Airlines flights systemwide, including at Los Angeles International Airport.

A two-hour computer outage is causing system-wide delays for flights operated by United Airlines. The airline's computer system was back...