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(26,490 posts) Wed Apr 17, 2024, 12:05 PM Apr 17

All Alaska Airlines flights grounded: report [View all]

Source: The Oregonian

All Alaska Airlines flights have been grounded as of Wednesday morning, according to an advisory from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

Airlines contracting with Alaska such as Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines are exempt from the ground stop, FAA said in its advisory.

Alaska Airlines did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Read more: Dang. https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2024/04/all-alaska-airline-flights-grounded-report.html

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All Alaska Airlines flights grounded: report [View all] swag Apr 17 OP

They were upgrading their weight and balance software and something glitched. Ocelot II Apr 17 #1

Thanks, that makes a lot of sense Warpy Apr 17 #6

Apparently the ground stop was just lifted BumRushDaShow Apr 17 #2

In a true MAGA world there is no FAA among other things, NONE Of the existing federal agencies would Eliot Rosewater Apr 17 #3

But surely, if planes fell out of the sky, they would lose customers? Turbineguy Apr 17 #4

Uh Eliot Rosewater Apr 17 #8

Okee, looks like it was just for an hour. swag Apr 17 #5

That's gonna have follow-on effects for everyone connecting to their next flight. ArkansasDemocrat1 Apr 17 #7