A faulty app caused American Airlines to ground dozens of its
jets on Tuesday. The glitch caused iPad software, used by the planes' pilots
and co-pilots to view flight plans, to stop working.
The firm's cockpits went "paperless" in 2013 to
save its staff having to lug heavy paperwork on board. AA estimated the move
would save it more than $1.2m (£793,600) in fuel every year. The company said
that it was still investigating the cause of the problem.
"Some American Airlines flights experienced an issue
with a software application on pilot iPads yesterday evening," a spokesman
told the BBC. "In some cases, the flight had to return to the gate to
access a wi-fi connection to fix the issue.
"We apologise for the inconvenience to our customers and
we had them on the way to their destinations soon afterwards."
Serge Gojkovich, chief executive of car parking app-maker
Curbstand, was among the passengers affected.
He tweeted that his San Francisco-to-Los Angeles flight was
only able to get airborne after the crew had printed off the maps they needed.
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