American Airlines flights

 ground stopped nationwide 

Washigton: The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday American Airlines flights experienced nationwide ground stops amid computer issues.

The airline took to Twitter to respond to customers on the matter.

The FAA database said only that the cause of the ground stop was "airline issues." The database indicated the stoppage would last until at least 2:30 p.m. ET.

The airline told NBC affiliate WMAX that it was working on resolving the issue but that it was it did not know how long it would take to resolve it.