United Airlines pauses departures on flights Tuesday afternoon

United Airlines briefly paused departures on flights nationwide Tuesday afternoon because of a technology issue at the Chicago-based carrier. United asked the FAA to pause all departures nationwide, the FAA said on twitter.com. Roughly 15 minutes later, the FAA posted that United had lifted the ground stop for the U.S. and Canada. United executives said in a statement they were “experiencing a systemwide technology issue.” They did not elaborate on the exact nature of the problem. United was holding all departing flights at the airports, the carrier said in the...