The FAA briefly halted JetBlue departures nationwide after the airline reported a system outage, before lifting the ground stop.

JetBlue Requests Nationwide Ground Stop as FAA Halts All Flights Until Early Morning The airline ordered an immediate pause on departures across its entire network, with the FAA holding flights to all destinations until around 5:30 a.m. #WashingtonEye pic.twitter.com/RUi0caLil3

All flights operated by JetBlue Airways were temporarily halted across the United States after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a nationwide ground stop at the airline’s request.

JetBlue's flight schedule hit a snag overnight when the airline asked federal officials to temporarily freeze all of its departures across the country. The Federal Aviation Administration said it issued a nationwide ground stop for the carrier just before 1am ET on Tuesday,