Potential Cyberattack Causes Flight Delays at Seattle Tacoma Airport

Potential Cyberattack Causes Flight Delays at Seattle Tacoma Airport
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After the Port of Seattle was targeted by a possible cyberattack on Saturday, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport reported that it is still experiencing system failures that might potentially disrupt flights.

In an afternoon update, the airport claimed that it had “isolated critical systems” but did not provide a timeframe for when they would be restored. The airport had warned about the possible attack shortly after 9 a.m. PT on X, formerly Twitter.

The airport’s website was still down as of Sunday at 11 a.m. PT.

“Port teams continue to make progress on returning systems to normal operations, but there is not an estimated time for return,” the airport stated on X.

Possible cyberattack that might cause delays

According to flight tracking service FlightAware, there were 165 delayed and 6 canceled flights on Saturday and 116 delayed and 4 canceled flights as of 11:30 a.m. PT on Sunday. It’s unclear if the delays were from the disruptions.

The airport advised passengers to check in online, inquire about flight statuses with the airlines, and, if at all possible, avoid checking bags.

The Seattle Times was informed by representatives of Alaska Airlines and Delta Airlines, two airlines that use Seattle Tacoma as a hub, that there had been no impact on their operations on Saturday.

Although “the one area where we are starting to see some impacts today is with the Port of Seattle’s baggage sorting system, so we are proactively warning guests who are flying out of Seattle to avoid checking a bag if possible,” Alaska Airlines stated that its systems are unaffected.

On Sunday, Delta Airlines said that there had been minimal effects on its operations at the airport.

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The disruptions follow the July Crowdstrike outage, which caused thousands of flights nationwide to be canceled by taking down certain airlines’ reservation and scheduling systems.

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