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
Let’s honor the past but bid farewell to the Blue Angels
All six of the Blue Angels fly in formation at the end of last year’s airshow. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times, 2023) By Breck Lebegue Special to The Seattle Times It’s time to salute and say goodbye to the Blue Angels at Seafair. Although we need skilled fighter pilots to defend our nation and
Data centers guzzle power, threatening WA’s clean energy push
July 28, 2024 at 6:00 am Updated July 30, 2024 at 4:11 pm By Lulu Ramadan and Sydney Brownstone The Seattle Times & ProPublica First in a Seattle Times and ProPublica series about the impact of data centers in Washington. This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Seattle Times.
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.
Meet the Blue Angels: What it takes to join this famous squadron
6, 2024 at 6:00 am Updated July 26, 2024 at 6:00 am By Erin Edwards Pacific NW magazine writer The Navy’s Blue Angels have been performing their roaring aerobatic flight demonstration at the Seafair Air Show since 1972. It’s a Seattle summer tradition: Paired with the Seafair Cup hydroplane races that began in 1951, the
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
Inside Sea-Tac’s efforts to clean up PFAS firefighting foams
By Isabella Breda and Manuel Villa Seattle Times staff reporters SEATTLE-TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT — Taxiing jet engines groaned on the tarmac, their fumes filling the Port of Seattle’s firetruck bays on an early summer day here. Snaking hoses connected tanks and filters in a complex cleanup operation. Over six days, the system flushed a toxic substance
Port commissioners, keep leaning into a greener future
By The Seattle Times editorial board Thanks to the Seattle Port Commission’s leadership, every cruise ship that docks in Elliott Bay must power down their smoke-billowing engines and plug into shoreside electricity by 2027. The new requirement is no idle decree. The tens of millions of dollars the port spent to bring terminal berths the voltage necessary
FAA fight may net Sea-Tac new Delta flight to Congress’ favorite airport
By Paige Cornwell Seattle Times staff reporter Seattle passengers may reap the benefits of a monthslong congressional fight over adding more flights to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport outside Washington, D.C. Delta announced this month that it will seek federal approval for the coveted flight slot. The proposal has support from the Port of Seattle,
WA carbon auction demand drops, prices remain lower
By Conrad Swanson and Isabella Breda Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, Jim and Birte Falconer, Mike and Becky Hughes, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and its fiscal sponsor