Alaska Airlines ground stop lifted but flight delays continue

The Seattle-based airline stated in an announcement it requested a floor cease for all Alaska and Horizon air flights out of an abundance of warning after it “skilled a problem whereas performing an improve to the system that calculates our weight and steadiness.”

The bottom cease lasted from about 7:30 a.m. to eight:30 a.m. Pacific time, when flights started resuming.

The vast majority of the delays have been at Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide Airport.

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The grounding got here as Senate committees held twin hearings Wednesday analyzing allegations of main security failures at Boeing, which has been pushed into disaster mode since a door-plug panel blew off a 737 Max jetliner throughout an Alaska Airways flight in January.