FAA issues nationwide ground stop for all Southwest Airlines flights due to equipment issues

(CNN) -- The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a nationwide ground stop for Southwest Airlines flights, citing "equipment issues." "Southwest Airlines requested the FAA pause the airline's departures," the agency told CNN in a statement. Southwest Airlines reported technology issues Tuesday morning and said it would "hopefully be resuming our operation as soon as possible." The flight tracking website FlightAware said nearly 800 of the airline's flights -- about 14 percent of its schedule -- were delayed Tuesday, far ahead of any US carrier. Southwest called the problem "intermittent technology...