Alaska Airlines Grapples with Data Center Hardware Failure
Alaska Airlines faced significant flight disruptions due to a critical hardware failure at its data centers. The issue caused a temporary halt in flights and has led to over 150 cancellations and numerous delays. The airline is coordinating with its vendor to resolve the issue promptly.
Alaska Airlines experienced severe flight interruptions following a critical data center hardware malfunction. Occurring late Sunday, the incident led to a halt in all flights for approximately three hours.
By Monday, the Seattle-based airline canceled 66 flights—7% of its schedule—while 110 flights faced delays, comprising 12% of the day's schedule, as per FlightAware. The situation also affected its subsidiary, Horizon Air.
Efforts to rectify the issue are underway, with Alaska Airlines working closely with its vendor to replace the faulty equipment. The airline assured that the IT outage was neither related to other events nor a cybersecurity threat.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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