Sea-Tac Airport cyberattack caused by global ransomware gang, Port says

A ticket agent with WestJet Airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport writes a luggage tag by hand at the airport on Aug. 26, after a cyberattack disrupted computer systems. The cyberattack, by a group called Rhysida, resulted in internet and technology outages during the busy traveling season leading up to Labor Day. (Ellen M. Banner /

Inside Boeing’s factory lapses that led to the Alaska Air blowout

By  Dominic Gates  and  Paige Cornwell Seattle Times staff reporters The near-catastrophic midair blowout of a door-sized fuselage panel on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 in January was caused by two distinct manufacturing errors by different crews on successive days last fall in Boeing’s assembly plant in Renton. The first manufacturing lapse occurred within

Sea-Tac Airport officials confirm cyberattack disrupted service, websites

By  Caitlyn Freeman  and  Rebecca Moss Seattle Times staff reporters Seattle-Tacoma International Airport officials confirmed Sunday that an apparent cyberattack took down websites, email and phone services at the airport and Port of Seattle this weekend, disrupting travel plans. The outages were first reported Saturday morning and stretched into Sunday afternoon, with officials offering no

Green aviation solutions have yet to take off as climate restrictions loom

Airbus officials hold a panel on sustainable aviation on Wednesday at the Farnborough Air Show. (Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times) By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter FARNBOROUGH, England — The aviation industry has preached for years that low-carbon sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, will be key to making the airline business carbon neutral.

Sea-Tac Airport’s 75th anniversary takes off amid constant change

By  Jean Sherrard Special to The Seattle Times IF THERE WERE birthday candles for our premier regional airport, winds of perpetual change would blow them out. On July 9, 1949, 30,000 people gathered to dedicate the gleaming $3 million terminal and administration building of Seattle-Tacoma (long nicknamed Sea-Tac) International Airport. Its six stories and 243,000