They are used to share information such as flight plans throughout the airlines fleet.

However, the app that took the place of the flight bag crashed on Tuesday.

It seemed unprecedented and very unfamiliar to the pilots.

App failure on iPad leads to grounding of American Airlines flights

We apologise for the inconvenience to our customers.

We are working to have them on the way to their destination as soon as possible.

Another spokesperson said that the issue affected a few dozen flights across the airline.

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Altogether, 24 million pages of paper documents have been eliminated.

The Government Accountability Office warned that: Modern aircraft are increasingly connected to the internet.

This interconnectedness can potentially provide unauthorized remote access to aircraft avionics systems.

source: www.techworm.net