Good morning, this is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. United airlines had to ground its fleet for more than an hour this morning. Planes are starting to move again now, but passengers across the country were stuck while the airline worked through the prom. Lets go to lisa stark with the latest. Reporter apparently about 8 45 eastern, there was a major computer problem that united started experiencing. Whatever you call it it was chaos for the airline and its passengers. They had to stop all of their flights. Mainline united and United Express flight although those regional flights resumed fairly quickly, but for over an hour united was stuck on the ground. Long lines began forming and are still forming at the airports especially the airlines hubs. United said it was working as quickly as possible to resolve the issue, and in fact stephanie they did get it resolved fairly quickly. It lasted for just over an hour thankfully. But now they have to unravel the m
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im erika pitzi. Were following two big stories today involving computer glitches, affecting thousands of americans. United airlines jets are flying again after technical issues lead to a ground stop earlier in the day. But right now all trading has stopped at the New York Stock Exchange. Traders say it has been a bumpy day in general, and they had some technical problems even before opening. The department of Homeland Security says so far there are no signs of a cyber attack. Lisa stark has more there washington. Reporter a travel nightmare for united passengers about 8 45 eastern this morning. The airline had to ground all of its planes. It experienced some major computer problem. The network called it annette work connective issue, whatever you call it it was chaos for those depending on flying on United Airlines today. It affected the mainline carrier and its regional jets. The United Express flights resumed quite quickly, but it t
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im bisi onileere. Were following two stories involving computer problems effecting thousands of americans. United airlines jets are flying again after technical issues led to a ground stop earlier. And at this hour all trading has temperature rarely stopped at the New York Stock Exchange because of an parent technical issue. Traders say that it has been a bumpy day in general and theyve had technical problems even before opening. The department of Homeland Security said that so far there are no signs of a cyberattack. United airline is blaming a computer problem oh forcing the company to ground all of its planes this morning. Lisa stark has more from washington. A travel nightmare for united managers. The airline had to ground all of its planes. It experienced some major computer problem. The airline called it a connectivity issue. Whatever you call t it was chaos for those who were depending on flying on United Airlines today. Initia
America tonights sarah hoye at ground zero of the opioid epidemic. Americas addiction may be getting worse. Thanks for joining us, im joie chen. We know its grip is powerful and becoming more deadly now science of heroin is reaching into more communities and getting more people looked. America tonight has closely followed americas rappic addiction and now confirms what weve seen an explosion of death due to heroin nearly four times higher than over the last decade and on the streets, america tonights sarah hoye is finding the drug trade is luring even more victims to their deaths. Reporter the north philly where neighborhood of kensington. From the monument that symbolizes philadelphia. The district was once thriving now an eyesore. Attracting heroin pushers and users. Its a neighborhood where the people have been forgotten and where the forgotten go to forget. This is the place that People Choose to turn their headway from turning a blind eye. One person thats not turning a blind eye
Here. America tonights sarah hoye, at ground zero of the opioid epidemic. Americas addiction may be getting worse. Thanks for joining us, im joie chen. We know its grip is powerful and becoming more deadly now science of heroin is reaching into more communities and getting more people looked. America tonight has closely followed americas rappic addiction and now confirms what weve seen an explosion of death due to heroin nearly four times higher than over the last decade and on the streets, america tonights sarah hoye is finding the drug trade is luring even more victims to their deaths. Reporter the north philly where neighborhood of kensington. From the monument that symbolizes philadelphia. The district was once thriving now an eyesore. Attracting heroin pushers and users. Its a neighborhood where the people have been forgotten and where the forgotten go to forget. This is the place that People Choose to turn their headway from, turning a blind eye. One person thats not turning a bl