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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Travel
David Unyime Nkanta

Can AI Prevent the Next Ground Stop? United Airlines' Tech Failure Raises Questions About Aviation Resilience

United Airlines temporarily grounded all flights across the United States and Canada this week after a late-night connectivity glitch, the second such disruption in just two months.

The outage, though resolved within an hour, has reignited debate over aviation's reliance on centralised digital systems and whether artificial intelligence could provide the resilience needed to avoid future nationwide shutdowns.

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