Power outage at Atlanta airport causes 'pandemonium,' grounds flights

[Right_in_Virginia]

Power outage at Atlanta airport causes 'pandemonium,' grounds flights
Fox News, Dec 17, 2017, Alexandra Deabler, Nicole Darrah

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.

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."


More: http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2017/12/17/power-outage-at-atlanta-airport-causes-pandemonium.html

[edpc]

I'd hate to be stuck on that train between terminals.

[WingNot]

I have had a rule for over 40 years.  If you have to fly Over the Holidays Fly on Christmas Day.  Return on New Years Day.  Two best travel days of the year.

 Never ever set foot in no airport anytime 7 days before.

[dfwgator]

[ConstitutionRose]

We've been flying out of that airport for years (before the new airport and after).   It's has always been chaotic.

[driftdiver]

It has to be a nightmare.   I've been thru there when there were major delays.  Walking is better

[Bigun]

I f'n HATE Hartsfield!

[corbe]

    Unfortunately, my 'Love Trump' family all live in the same small Texas town, I don't need to get on an Airplane, but it still suxs.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport crippled by power outage
CNN, Dec 17, 2017 Updated 9:31 PM

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The outage, which affected all airport operations, started with a fire in a Georgia Power underground electrical facility, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said. The fire's intensity damaged two substations serving the airport, including the airport's "redundancy system" that should have provided backup power, and delayed efforts to contain it, Reed said. Full power was expected to be restored by midnight.

"We certainly understand that the outages have caused frustration and anger and were doing everything we can to get folks back home right away," he said, adding that the fire's cause is still unknown.

Atlanta is the heart of the US air transport system, and the disruption led to flight delays and cancellations across the country.

Here are the latest developments:

More: http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/17/us/atlanta-airport-power-outage/index.html

[Bigun]

@Right_in_Virginia

Sorry, I refuse to give CNN a single hit for any reason ever.

[Right_in_Virginia]

@Right_in_Virginia

Sorry, I refuse to give CNN a single hit for any reason ever.

Understand.   ^-^ @Bigun

[Victoria33]

People were on planes on the tarmac for seven hours.  People walked for as much as an hour in the dark train tunnels to get out.  Everything went off all at once.  No backup anything came on.

[Frank Cannon]

@Right_in_Virginia

Sorry, I refuse to give CNN a single hit for any reason ever.

Would you hit them with a hammer?

[WingNot]

So this was The Day the Lights went out in Georgia!

[Frank Cannon]

So this was The Day the Lights went out in Georgia!

I didn't know Vicki Lawrence had a follow up...

[Victoria33]

Our United pilot family member must be back in Ohio on Tuesday to go back to flying airplanes.  He can take the jump seat in the cockpit of the Dallas flight to get back.  His wife and seventeen yr. old daughter may be with us longer as they are on stand by for that Tuesday flight out of Dallas and seats on the plane may be taken up with people trying to get to their destination from Atlanta.  People are going to be moved around for days on flights they did not intend to take.  What I heard out of Atlanta was it would take a week for airlines to straighten this out - get planes running as usual.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

It's a Delta hub.  How did anyone even notice a difference?

[dfwgator]

It's a Delta hub.  How did anyone even notice a difference?

Delta...as in.....

Don't
Ever
Leave
The
Airport

[mountaineer]

At least one passenger tried not to let the inconvenience get him down:

John Piper‏Verified account @JohnPiper
13h13 hours ago

Reasons not to complain after five hours sitting in a Delta airplane on the runway in Atlanta: Totally comfortable AC. Restrooms that work. Drinking water. Endless video options, including NFL. Good lighting to read good books. Uncomplaining passengers. Invincible Romans 8:28.

(John Piper is a well-known Bible teacher).

[mountaineer]

Chick-fil-A broke from tradition and opened on a Sunday — and there's an incredible backstory
    Kate Taylor

With the world's busiest airport closed for hours without power, stranding thousands of passengers, Chick-fil-A broke one of its core rules this past weekend and served fried chicken on a Sunday.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport lost power Sunday afternoon, causing more than 1,000 flights to be grounded. As day turned to night, the city of Atlanta turned to Chick-fil-A to help craft a solution.

Atlanta's mayor, Kasim Reed, called the fast-food chain at about 10 p.m. and asked for assistance, a company spokeswoman, Amanda Hannah, told Business Insider in an email.

Chick-fil-A is not open on Sunday because of the founder's religious beliefs. But on this Sunday, Chick-fil-A employees "immediately mobilized," Hannah said, making sandwiches and delivering them to an emergency operations center to be distributed to stranded passengers.    ...   More at Business Insider

[WingNot]

Chick-fil-A broke from tradition and opened on a Sunday — and there's an incredible backstory
    Kate Taylor

With the world's busiest airport closed for hours without power, stranding thousands of passengers, Chick-fil-A broke one of its core rules this past weekend and served fried chicken on a Sunday.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport lost power Sunday afternoon, causing more than 1,000 flights to be grounded. As day turned to night, the city of Atlanta turned to Chick-fil-A to help craft a solution.

Atlanta's mayor, Kasim Reed, called the fast-food chain at about 10 p.m. and asked for assistance, a company spokeswoman, Amanda Hannah, told Business Insider in an email.

Chick-fil-A is not open on Sunday because of the founder's religious beliefs. But on this Sunday, Chick-fil-A employees "immediately mobilized," Hannah said, making sandwiches and delivering them to an emergency operations center to be distributed to stranded passengers.    ...   More at Business Insider

Nice.

Anyone notice this right below the Chic-fil-a story. 

"NOW WATCH: Inside Bojangles' — the Southern fried-chicken chain that's about to take over America"
 

[Applewood]

I f'n HATE Hartsfield!

You're not alone.  I've heard many complaints about that airport.  I was there once, but only to change planes.  For once, my next flight was only 2 gates away from my arrival gate, so I didn't get to experience Hartsfield's "ambiance." 

[Sanguine]

Chick-fil-A broke from tradition and opened on a Sunday — and there's an incredible backstory
    Kate Taylor

With the world's busiest airport closed for hours without power, stranding thousands of passengers, Chick-fil-A broke one of its core rules this past weekend and served fried chicken on a Sunday.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport lost power Sunday afternoon, causing more than 1,000 flights to be grounded. As day turned to night, the city of Atlanta turned to Chick-fil-A to help craft a solution.

Atlanta's mayor, Kasim Reed, called the fast-food chain at about 10 p.m. and asked for assistance, a company spokeswoman, Amanda Hannah, told Business Insider in an email.

Chick-fil-A is not open on Sunday because of the founder's religious beliefs. But on this Sunday, Chick-fil-A employees "immediately mobilized," Hannah said, making sandwiches and delivering them to an emergency operations center to be distributed to stranded passengers.    ...   More at Business Insider

Great story!

[mountaineer]

ATL is one airport I try to avoid. Haven't had a connecting flight there since 1983.  ^-^

[Bigun]

ATL is one airport I try to avoid. Haven't had a connecting flight there since 1983.  ^-^

I refuse to go there.  Won't fly Delta because of it.