US service Alaska Airways grounded all of its flights after experiencing an IT outage on Sunday that impacted its methods, the corporate mentioned, with out specifying the character of the outage.
“At approximately 8 p.m. Pacific on Sunday (0300 GMT on Monday), Alaska Airlines experienced an IT outage that’s impacting our operations. We requested a temporary, system-wide ground stop for Alaska and Horizon Air flights,” Alaska mentioned in an emailed assertion to Reuters on Sunday night.
The Seattle-based airline mentioned there can be residual impacts to its operations all through the night, with out offering extra particular particulars.
The FAA didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ requests for remark exterior common enterprise hours.
The FAA standing web page confirmed all locations being impacted by the bottom cease of Alaska’s mainline plane, and Horizon’s floor cease.
Alaska Air Group maintains an operational fleet of 238 Boeing 737 plane, and 87 Embraer 175 plane, in accordance with its web site.
In June, Alaska Air Group-owned Hawaiian Airways mentioned a few of its IT methods have been disrupted by a hack.
Alaska Air Group mentioned it was nonetheless figuring out the monetary affect of the hack.
