UPDATE: Computers are back up

If you’re flying in or out of Chicago’s O’Hare today, stay in touch with your airline. Especially if you’re flying United!

Just in time for Fourth of July holiday travel – according to several news reports, there has been a computer outage affecting United Airlines, resulting in delays and cancellations. You can see that for yourself on FlightStats.

The United Airlines website acknowledges an “airport check-in system issue” and the resulting delays/cancellations. Apparently United employees are now using a “manual process” to check employees in – and you know that’s going to take awhile. Print your boarding pass at home – at least save yourself a little bit of time. And keep monitoring United.

Sounds like a real mess out there.