US EditionAlaska Airlines Operations Resume Hours After Tech Outage; 200+ Flights Canceled
The outage led to 229 cancellations and ongoing delays as Alaska Airlines repositioned crews and aircraft to restore service.
- On Friday, Alaska Airlines resumed operations after grounding planes for hours due to an information technology outage.
- A data-center hardware failure in July preceded a similar multi-hour grounding caused by an information technology outage this week.
- The airline canceled 229 flights because of the outage and said more disruptions were expected while repositioning aircraft and crews; Portland International Airport's tracker showed 17 canceled Alaska arrivals and seven canceled departures as of 6:30 a.m. Friday.
- Alaska Airlines said it is working to get affected travelers to their destinations and asked passengers to check their flight status before heading to the airport.
- Thursday's grounding affected both Alaska Air and Horizon Air flights, while Hawaiian Airlines, acquired by Alaska Air Group last year, said its flights ran as scheduled.
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After a first breakdown in July, the U.S. company Alaska Airlines had to ground 229 aircraft due to a new "computer failure affecting its operations." The situation was finally able to return to normal.
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