The Latest Breaking News from Southwest Airlines

Passengers were grounded all across America today, April 18, after a firewall failure.

The hold on departures was lifted by late Tuesday morning, shortly after it was announced, according to the airline and the Federal Aviation Administration, but not before traffic at airports from Denver to New York City backed up.

More than 1,500 flights and tens of thousands of passengers were left grounded and told they could wait up to six hours after a technology issue caused all departures for Southwest Airlines planes to be delayed

New York (AFP) - Southwest Airlines temporarily grounded all US flights Tuesday due to a technology problem, delaying more than 1,700 departures and hitting its share price.

DALLAS – Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has paused all departing flights nationwide, the FAA said Tuesday morning.

DALLAS – Southwest Airlines paused all departing flights nationwide for about a half hour Tuesday morning due to “internal technical issues,” the FAA said.

Southwest Airlines experienced a technoloy issue due to a firewall failure that led to a nationwide ground stop

Southwest Airline passengers have been grounded across the US after a computer glitch left thousands stranded on runaways with many face lengthy waits

Southwest Airlines departures are being held up because of what the airline calls an intermittent technical problem

Action comes four months after holiday flight mess.

Southwest Airlines blames "technical errors."