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Alaska Airlines operations resumed Friday after the company had to ground its planes for hours due to an information technology outage.

The Associated Press reported that the grounding Thursday impacted Alaska Air and Horizon Air flights.

Alaska Airlines statement

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In a statement obtained by the Associated Press, Alaska Airlines said that 229 flights were canceled because of the outage and that more flight disruptions were expected as it worked to "reposition aircraft and crews."

Alaska Airlines grounds flights due to technology outage: What to know

The airline told the AP that it is working on getting travelers affected by the disruption to their destinations.

The Source: Information for this story was provided by the Associated Press, which obtained a statem

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