Flights temporarily grounded, delayed as Delta Air Lines experiences technical issue

Flyers on Delta Air Lines experienced delays as flights were temporarily grounded and web applications failed for almost an hour Thursday afternoon.

“Delta IT teams are working diligently to address a technology issue impacting some of our systems,” the Delta News Hub said in a statement at about 5:30 p.m. “We have issued a Delta groundstop as we work to bring systems back up as quickly as possible.

“There has been no disruption or safety issue with any Delta flight currently in the air. We apologize to all customers for this inconvenience.”

Delta services flights at the Spokane International Airport.

People who were prevented from taking to the air took to Twitter, instead, to air their frustrations.

The technical issue was resolved by about 6:20 p.m., the Delta News Hub tweeted