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Alaska paused nationwide departures after discovering an issue when performing an upgrade to its system that calculates weight and balance. The ground stop expired at 11:30 a.m. ET.

Alaska Airlines has now resumed flights after experiencing an IT issue on Wednesday.

As of 11:30 a.m. ET, Alaska said the ground stop expired, and added that residual delays throughout the day could be expected.

"The issue was mitigated and the g