Alaska Airlines flights grounded nationwide due to major IT outage

Alaska Airlines Grounds its Flights across the Nation as a result of a giant IT failure

Alaska Airlines flights were halted all over the United States, affecting thousands of passengers after a large scale IT failure in the early morning this morning. The technical breakdown caused a total grounding of the system stopping all departures and arrivals a few hours.

First reports state that the Alaska Airlines IT failure started at approximately 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time and caused flight planning systems and communication systems of the airline to go offline. This brought about the delay of over 200 flights and dozens of flights were cancelled as the engineers were trying to get things back to normal.

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The Alaska Air operations team managed to confirm that the problem was not connected to cybersecurity or external interference but can be related to the internal systems failure that influenced the flight data and scheduling abilities of the airline.

Those who were trying to find out the status of their check-in tickets at Alaska Airlines, both on their mobile application and the official site of the company, received error messages, which contributed to the overall resentment on social networks, where passengers shared their experience of long queues at large airports, such as Seattle-Tacoma International, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

By noon, the airline stated that it was operating with a limited number of flights, but a residual delay was anticipated to persist throughout the day as they shifted flights and crew shifts.

The Alaska Airlines crash is one of the most prominent technical failures in recent months in the American aviation industry, with its heavy dependence on online infrastructure being emphasized. The specialists have recommended the need to invest more in backup systems and cybersecurity measures to avert such incidences in the future.

At this point, it is recommended that passengers monitor the current Alaska Airlines flight status page to remain aware of all the latest updates and should anticipate possible delay and rebooking of the flights in the near future as the air carrier attempts to sort out its network.