FAA Issued Advisory On Alaskan Airlines, NORAD Carried Out Exercises
Alaska Airlines said that it was due to an issue while performing a systems upgrade.
ALASKA - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released an “Alaska Airlines Ground Stop” advisory on April 17th for one hour which included “All Alaska mainline and subcarrier flights" but did not include Skywest, the advisory has since been canceled.
While the FAA did not disclose the reason for the Ground Stop, Alaska Airlines said that it was due to an issue while performing a systems upgrade which caused the airlines to ask the FAA " to pause the airline's mainline departures nationwide”.
Alaska Airlines said later in a statement, "This morning we experienced an issue while performing an upgrade to the system that calculates our weight and balance”.
One day earlier, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) reported that they would be carrying out a planned live-fly air defense exercise over the National Capital Region and Houston on April 16th.
Statement By NORAD On April 16th Exercises:
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