Alaska Air Resumes Flights
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A hardware failure at an Alaska Airlines data center caused a system-wide “ground stop of flights” on Sunday night, the airline said. The airline has canceled more than 150 flights at various airports, including 64 Monday morning, with additional flight disruptions expected.
Alaska Airlines has revealed that an "unexpected failure" of a critical piece of hardware caused an IT outage that led to its entire fleet being grounded.
The airline confirmed that the failure of a third-party piece of hardware grounded flights, underscoring the fact that even systems that are multiply-redundant can go down.
Over 400 flights were delayed or canceled at Sea-Tac Airport due to an Alaska Airlines IT outage. The outage was caused by an unexpected hardware failure at Alaska Airlines' data centers. Alaska Airlines flights have resumed, and passengers are asked to check their flight status before heading to the airport.
Alaska Airlines has revealed that its "significant" IT outage on Sunday night was not caused by hackers, but by hardware at one of its data centers failing.