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Alaska paused nationwide departures after discovering an issue when performing an upgrade to its system that calculates weight and balance.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a temporary ground stop of nationwide Alaska Airlines flights on Wednesday due to an IT issue.
Alaska said the ground stop also affects Horizon Air, a regional carrier that is also a subsidiary of the company.
“This morning we experienced an issue while performing an upgrade to the system that calculates our weight and balance,” Alaska said in a statement. “A ground stop for all Alaska and Horizon flights was instituted at approximately 7:50am PT. We’re working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.”
The FAA said Alaska asked the agency to pause its mainline departures nationwide after it learned of the IT issue.
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