Why do airline computer systems fail? What the industry can learn from meltdowns ^86.8%

NPR - By Joel Rose - 12/26/2025, 10:00 AM

This year Alaska Airlines joined the long list of airlines forced to ground their planes because of IT outages. Tony Scott had already boarded his flight from Seattle to Dallas back in July when his problems started. It was about 8 p.m. on a Sunday night when the flight crew asked the passengers to get off the plane. By the next day,... more