A computer problem at American Airlines affects Thanksgiving travelers.

American Airlines did not start without a hitch on one of the busiest days of the year.

US passengers were greeted by longer lines at the country's airports Wednesday morning, when self check-in kiosks were temporarily out of service.

US spokesman Ross Feinstein blamed the problem on a "brief connectivity problem" with one of the US data centers.

Feinstein stated that no flights had been touched and that the problem had been short-lived.

"We are grateful to the members of our team at our airports who acted quickly to help our customers register their flights at our ticket counters to bring them on their Thanksgiving trip," the airline said in a statement. to our customers for the inconvenience and all operations return to normal. & # 39; & # 39;

Heather Lissner, spokeswoman for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, a US hub, said the system was coming back online slowly at 9:40 am local time and that the airline was working on passenger processing. She stated that waiting times for security were less than 15 minutes.