Ben Mutzabaugh

USA TODAY

American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and JetBlue say they're working to get back to normal after a "brief" outage Friday disrupted Sabre, the computer-system giant that powers those company's reservations systems.

Reports of the outage began pouring in across social media around noon ET on Friday, with fliers at airports across the country telling of check-in difficulties and growing lines.

American Airlines, the world’s biggest airline, was affected by the glitch as were smaller carriers Alaska Airlines and JetBlue.

The glitch appeared to be resolved around 1 p.m. ET. It seemed that the outage was fixed fast enough to prevent cascading disruptions from spilling later into the day. There will likely be some residual delays as airlines get back on track at various airports, but no widespread disruption seemed likely.

"All systems are back in action. Thanks for your patience as we resume normal (operations)," Sabre said via its Twitter account.

Similarly, JetBlue indicated it was trying to get back on track by early afternoon.

"All JetBlue systems are being restored following a temporary outage of Sabre’s systems impacting multiple airlines," the airline said in a statement at 1:10 p.m. ET.

American also confirmed it had been affected by the issue.

“Earlier today, Sabre had a brief technical issue that impacted multiple carriers, including American. This technical issue has been resolved. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience," American said in a statement to Today in the Sky.

Scott Shatzer, a business traveler from Chicago, told Today in the Sky at 12:43 p.m. ET that systems there appeared to be slowly coming back online there.

“Kiosks are producing (boarding passes,” Shatzer said via message, adding the some were still having issues checking in.

Shatzer reported back that by 1:20 p.m. ET, things appeared to have "cleared up."

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