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Appears to be a software issue, https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/faa-grounds-all-alaska-airlines-flights-nationwide-because-of-computer-issues/ https:

Appears to be a software issue, https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/faa-grounds-all-alaska-airlines-flights-nationwide-because-of-computer-issues/ https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/faa-grounds-all-al... ("FAA grounds all Alaska Airlines flights nationwide because of computer issues") - "The airline told CBS News Bay Area it experienced an issue while performing an upgrade to its system that calculates weight and balance, and a ground stop all Alaska and Horizon flights was instituted at about 7:50 a.m. PT."

makestuff 3y ago
Anytime I see a ground stop due to a software update it always reminds me of when Delta's data center caught on fire https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/data-center-disaster-disrupts-delta-airlines/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/data-....
culopatin 3y ago
Didn’t this happen recently? And was also the weight and balance calculation bug?