U.S. Alaska Airlines grounds all flights due to IT outage

San Francisco, Oct. 24 -- U.S. Alaska Airlines grounded all its flights nationwide on Thursday evening due to an unspecified technology outage.

"Alaska Airlines is experiencing an IT outage affecting operations. A temporary ground stop is in place," the airline said in a post on X.

The IT team is working to solve the error in the system as soon as possible, the airline said in a response to an X user, recommending that passengers check their flight status before heading to the airport.

The move also impacted Alaska Airlines' subsidiary Horizon Air, as well as specific flights bound for the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) operated by Alaska Airlines' regional partner SkyWest Airlines, a Federal Aviation Administration advisory ...