 And in Britain, it's impacting the country's hospital system and the medical system for booking things like doctor's appointments. Now, the FAA says it's closely monitoring a technical issue impacting IT systems at U.S. Airlines. Several airlines have requested FAA assistance with ground stops until this issue is resolved. American Airlines now says it was able to safely reestablish its operations. Others, including Delta and United, are still experiencing outages. Stick with WTOP. We will bring you updates as we get them.