Let's get to a news alert now.
Alaska Airlines is grounding flights across the country,
so let's get right to tie with the latest on
this one.
Hey Ty. Yeah, that just came out.
We just reached out to Alaska Airlines to try and
figure out exactly what is happening.
So they are grounding all flights.
This is an FAA ground stoppage.
We just received AI guess a statement from Alaska about
what exactly happened.
So I'm going to read it to you verbatim and
we actually have it on the screen for you as
well.
It says this morning we experienced an issue while performing
an upgrade to the system that calculates our weight and
balance for the aircraft.
A ground stop for all Alaska.
And Horizon flights was instituted at approximately 7:50.
So it says right now that they are working to
try and figure out this issue and fix it as
quickly as possible.
Obviously weight and balance is something that is very important.
That's all the information that the pilot needs to input
into the computer that calculates fuel burn,
how far they can fly,
the altitude that they can fly at.
So obviously when they don't have that correct information or
it's lacking that information,
that would obviously be detrimental.
So that is why the FAA has issued that ground
stop for all.
Alaska Airlines flights, again, we are looking at some issues
that are happening here at the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.
Couple of those Alaska Airline flights have already been delayed
out there.
Alaska Airlines really not giving an indication of how long
this could potentially take to fix.
But again, if you are traveling with Alaska Airlines,
you have friends and family that might be flying into
Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport that you're supposed to be picking
up.
You might want to check with the airline to see
when they might be here.
Again, this issue just popped up right around 7:50.
So we are waiting to get some more information from
Alaska Airlines,
but again that ground stop now in effect for all
Alaska Airlines flights.