(The Hill) -- Alaska Airlines issued a temporary ground stoppage Thursday evening amid an IT outage.

The airline announced the stoppage at 7:34 p.m. EDT on the social platform X, instructing travelers to check their flight status before heading to the airport.

At 10 p.m., the airline said on X that it is “actively restoring our operations” following the outage. The Hill reached out to Alaska Airlines for an update and to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for comment.

According to the flight-tracking site FlightAware, 241 Alaska Airlines flights had been delayed as of late Thursday, with 44 such flights canceled. It is unclear how many of those flights were delayed or canceled due to the IT outage.

The ground stoppage comes as air travel suffers amid the ongoing government shutd

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