Power Outage at Atlanta Airport Caused By Fire In Underground Facility, Partial Service Restored
By Space Coast Daily // December 17, 2017
WORLD'S BUSIEST AIRPORT
Update on the ATL power situation pic.twitter.com/EctZveNI9p
— Atlanta Airport (@ATLairport) December 18, 2017
(FOX NEWS) – A complete power outage at the nation’s busiest airport, the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, grounded flights Sunday afternoon, threatening to cause a holiday travel nightmare for fliers across the country just over a week before Christmas.
Georgia Power said that repairs are “well underway” at the airport and power is expected to be restored around midnight on Sunday, and the airport tweeted that “Power on Concourse F is back ON!”
Power on Concourse F is back ON! We are working with great urgency w/ @GeorgiaPower to restore power throughout rest of airport.
— Atlanta Airport (@ATLairport) December 18, 2017
Airport officials said in a news release the power outage has forced the Federal Aviation Administration to suspend outgoing flights and implement a “ground stop” for incoming flights, which “means that flights headed to Atlanta are held on the ground at their departure airport.”
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