Alaska Airlines Computer Connection Restored, Airport Operations Slowly Returning to Normal Jim McBarron, manager of station perations for Alaska Airlines, uses a bullhorn to try and find passengers for a flight that was about to take off for San Diego, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, during a system-wide outage of the computers the airline uses to check in passengers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. Most flights were delayed or canceled, but the airline was able to manually check in passengers for a few of its flights. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Close Alaska Airlines computer connection restored, airport operations slowly returning to normal.