American Airlines grounded flights nationwide on Christmas Eve over technical issue before rescinding stop in holiday travel misery for thousands

American Airlines mysteriously issued a temporary ground stop on all US flights early Tuesday, causing a short-lived scare for thousands flying for the holidays on Christmas Eve.

The airline warned travelers just after 6:30 a.m. that it was “experiencing a technical issue with all American flights,” without elaborating.

However, the Federal Aviation Administration announced just before 8 a.m. that the AA ground stop had been lifted — also without saying what had caused it.

Before that, the company had been replying to distressed travelers raising their plight on social media.

“An estimated timeframe has not been provided, but they’re trying to fix it in the shortest possible time,” the company had said in a post on X, responding to a question from a stranded flyer.

The technical issue couldn’t have hit at a worse time, as some 40 million passengers are expected to travel through an airport over the holidays until Jan. 2, according to the Transportation Security Administration.

The airline has thousands of flights each day to over 350 destinations in over 60 countries.

With Post wires.