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7 Alaska flights among 22 delayed by Alaska Airlines computer glitch

An Internet connectivity issue caused 22 Alaska Airlines flights to be delayed Thursday night, including seven flights to or from Alaska, an airline spokesperson said.

The delay affected flights between 9:45 p.m. and 11 p.m., spokesperson Halley Knigge said. Some flights were delayed by only a "few minutes," while others were delayed for an hour. Check-ins were affected, too, with the airline temporarily unable to process transactions.

Flights from Honolulu to Anchorage, Anchorage to Seattle, Seattle to Anchorage, and to small hubs across the state, were all affected, Knigge said.

But by 11:20 p.m. all systems were up and running again, she said.

Megan Edge

Megan Edge is a former reporter for Alaska Dispatch and Alaska Dispatch News.

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