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Hardware Failure, IT Outage Grounded Alaska Airlines Planes

(TNS) — Carl LaFraugh already anticipated a lengthy travel day when his vacation in Skagway, Alaska, came to an end. He planned to catch a red-eye flight from Juneau to Sea-Tac Airport early Monday ...
The Spokesman-Review

Alaska Airlines says hardware failure led to IT outage, grounding planes

Alaska Airlines is rushing to fix a major disruption to its service after a hardware failure forced a ground stop of its planes for around three hours Sunday night. The airline was still continuing to ...
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Alaska Airlines IT outage fallout: 64 flights cancelled on Monday

Alaska Airlines has canceled more than 150 flights — including 64 on Monday alone — following a system-wide ground stop caused by a critical IT hardware failure at its data centers late Sunday. The ...
KTVB

Alaska Airlines cancels 150 flights due to hardware failure, Boise travelers impacted

BOISE, Idaho — Some impacts of the Alaska Airlines issue were felt at the Boise Airport on Monday, as several flights remained grounded. A July 20 carrier issue resulted in five flights being canceled ...
Network World

‘Significant’ outage at Alaska Airlines not a security incident, but a hardware breakdown

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. An outage that grounded ...