This is a breaking news alert: The FAA has just issued a ground stop order on all Alaska Airline Flights.

The agency did not offer any explanation, leading to panic and mass speculation about the reason for the grounding.

BREAKING REPORT: Ground stop advisory on ALL ALASKA AIRLINE'S FLIGHTS offering NO explanation..

DEVELOPING..

On Wednesday the FAA issued a ground stop advisory for Alaska Airlines, saying: “All Alaska mainline and subcarrier flights ground stopped.”

The advisory said that… pic.twitter.com/2N6rtanCLf

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DEVELOPING: FAA Issues Ground Stop Advisory For Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines on Wednesday asked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to pause the airline’s departures nationwide.

The FAA issued a ground stop advisory for Alaska Airlines at 7:50 am on Wednesday.…

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The NY Post later issued a report claiming the grounding was due to a systems upgrade:

An issue with the system that calculates weight and balance of Alaska Airlines ALK.N planes, causing all of its flights to be halted on Wednesday morning, has been resolved and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) canceled a ground stop.

The ground stop, which halted all Alaska Airlines departures as well as for Horizon Air, a regional carrier owned by Alaska Air Group, was instituted at approximately 7:50 am PT (1450 GMT), the airline said. It lasted for about an hour.

“This morning we experienced an issue while performing an upgrade to the system that calculates our weight and balance,” the airline said in a statement. Residual flight delayed are expected throughout the day, the airline said.

In a statement earlier, the FAA said the carrier “asked the FAA to pause the airline’s mainline departures nationwide.”

Responding to passenger complaints on social media platform X, the airline said it was working on getting people moving as soon as possible.

We will continue to monitor this story and bring you updates as they are available.

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