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Alaska Airlines temporarily grounded its entire fleet last night. According to an FAA advisory, the airline sought approval to ground over 200 planes under its brand. It later expanded the stoppage to include planes from its Horizon Air unit. Alaska Airlines said the decision stemmed from a computer network outage. While the ground stop was lifted about three hours later, around 11pm Pacific, Alaska said that “residual impacts” to its operations would be felt, adding, “It will take some time to get our overall operations back to normal.” As NBC News noted, the disruption comes almost exactly a year after a faulty CrowdStrike update caused chaos for airlines.
Japanese prime minister will stay in role to tackle inflation, tariffs. PM Shigeru Ishiba held a press conference Monday morning local time after his party lost an important parliamentary election on Sunday to announce he would not step down. The Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner were unable to retain a majority in the upper house of Japan’s Parliament, meaning the LDP is now a minority in both houses despite still being the leading party. He cited the need to tackle inflation at home and reach a trade deal with the US as reasons why he wanted to remain premier and avoid political instability.
Astronomer CEO Andy Byron resigned following Coldplay debacle. The software startup announced on Saturday that its board of directors accepted Byron’s resignation after the married executive got caught on the “kiss cam” at a Coldplay concert last Wednesday night in an intimate pose with another woman, the company’s Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot. Axios reported that Cabot is on leave from Astronomer pending an investigation into the incident, which to the wider world has become a meme. One example: At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, the Phanatic recreated the moment on the Phillies jumbotron.—HVL
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