27 days ago
Daily Mail
The issue was deemed serious enough for Alaska Airlines to initiate a nationwide stoppage of all aircraft in the immediate aftermath, according to the Seattle Times. A spokesperson for Alaska Airlines confirmed to DailyMail.com that the incident did occur and the grounding lasted for around 20 minutes. Of the 727 Alaska flights that took off that day, only 30 had incorrect data and only two scraped their tails. However, the passengers did not notice that anything had occurred, an Alaska Airlines spokesperson said. 'We rely on that data to safely operate the plane... Alaska dealt with it very quickly and appropriately,' an anonymous Alaska Airlines pilot told the Seattle Times.
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