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Old 17th Sep 2015, 17:55
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iPads used by crew?
That was my first guess.

iOS 9 was deployed yesterday.

And it was a faulty Jepp chart update that torpedoed part of the AAL system back in April:

American Airlines says iPad software glitch delays flights - Apr. 29, 2015

Almost every carrier that uses tablets has had some sort of major software issue affecting operations from what I read on the union forums.

Hopefully just a temporary glitch, American still has a lot of inbounds that will need gate space:

Live American Airlines Flight Status ? FlightAware
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