System Problem Causes Serious Delays At Boston Logan Airport

BOSTON — An error affecting several airlines at Boston Logan International Airport caused delays for hundreds Monday morning. There were more than 240 delays at Logan early, according to Flightaware.

"Earlier this morning, AeroData had a technical issue that impacted a few of our regional carriers. This technical issue has been resolved. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience," said a spokesperson for American Airlines in an emailed statement.

The glitch didn't affect the entire airport, but Alaska Air, American, Delta, Jet Blue, Southwest and United all of whom use contractor AeroData, had serious delays out of Logan. By noon, the airlines appeared to be back online, though still experiencing residual delays.

The system error didn't just affect Logan.

According to the flight tracker FlightAware, more than 6,000 flights were delayed Monday, including 650 within, into or out of the U.S. More than 300 Southwest Airlines flights were delayed, along with 22 for American Airlines, 35 for United and seven for Alaska, Patch reported earlier.

Although some reported missing connecting flights, others reported donuts:

This comes a day after an American Airlines flight leaving from Boston hit a flock of geese and was forced to make an emergency landing back at Logan as a precaution.

MassPort Director of Media Relations Jennifer Mehigan did not immediately respond to request for comment.