Alaska Seaplanes certain other flights not impacted by nationwide grounding

Update: 4:45 p.m.: The ground stop of flights has been lifted by the Federal Aviation Administration. Trump administration officials say the problem occurred due to technology upgrades overloading the existing, antiquated equipment. “Our fix gives us a pretty good indication that it was a legacy network problem that went down,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told reporters. The stoppage affected thousands of flights and “it’s going to be slow” getting air traffic back to normal, he said. Original story Advertisement Local flight service is still operating though a ground stop at many U.S. airports was ordered at midday Friday by the Federal Aviation Administration citing “extraordinary circumstances.” Alaska Seaplanes spokesperson Andy Kline said Friday the company was told that because the company’s flights are domestic — flying only in Alaska — they can continue to operate. “We can continue flying, so we’re still flying,” he said.

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