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Alaska Airlines tech glitch briefly grounds planes in Seattle, disrupts bookings

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Seattle -based company says it requested a 40-minute ground stop at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to clear aircraft congestion.

Problems with booking flights on the website, through a mobile app and at the contact center.

The problems came at the start of the company’s Cyber Monday flight sale.

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