can they leave the airport? can they doconnect to their flight? will there flight be canceled? so many questions. the ground-stop has been lifted. a great sign at nation s busiest airport. finally now flights are starting to take off again. we saw a standstill, really, traffic just inching along as people were trying to pick up and drop off passengers. that is now starting to move again. cell phone lot completely full of people. people parking in the right lane on the side of the road trying to get word what they should do next. that is all starting to move. probably hear a plane taking off behind me. another good sign here. plenty of confusion. i was speaking to people inside. my in-laws weren t able to get any information. they didn t get a lot of
information. people started finding out what was going on ob social media and, jim, as you know as well as anyone else, social media isn t always accurate. a lot of incorrect, inaccurate information on social media that spurred some of that confusion inside the airport. jim? yeah. no question about it, nadya. this is the busiest travel time of the year. we re heading into the thanksgiving day holiday coming up in a few days from now. obviously the parent s going to be packed with people and to have something like this happen, you know it is obviously going to grind things to a halt for a little while. even though there s no active threat to the public now. this will have, i assume, a huge impact on travel in and out of that airport. had a ground stop at hartsfield that impacts flights and airlines potentially around the country a little while now? reporter: hi, ken. nadia, can you hear me?
while ago, not an active shooter. accidental discharge at the airport. no danger to passengers or employees. an investigation ongoing. more will be published on this channel. right to nadya romero on the phone. a live picture of hartsfield airport right now pap . a frightening few minutes. at a very busy airport we all know. what are you learning about the accidental discharge the airport is calling it? are the. reporter: a lot a now sayingt was an accidental discharge, but that information did not get to the passengers soon enough. there was plenty of people who panicked and still plenty of confusion right now with people trying to figure out exactly what happened and how it affects them. people who are still inside, passengers, who are not being able to move. they re trying to figure out where they can go.
some people need to doect their flights. some people are trying to get to the baggage area to get their bags and enjoy their time somewhere in atlanta. others just arrived at the airport. there s also this question of how many of them will be rescreened and what will happen to release people and to move about freely within the airport. jim? yeah. such a chaotic situation. the good news, airport authorities are telling us that this was an accidental discharge. calling it an accidental discharge. obviously we ll keep asking questions trying to get to bottom of that but no active shooter at the hartsfield-jackson international airport in atlanta. busiest airport in the nation. causing just so much confusion, so much chaos for people there. we ll stay on top of it. move on to other stories. nadia romero, thank you. stay with cnn as we follow breaking news of an accidental discharge out of atlanta airport and more news in just a moment. and more news in just a moment. we ll be right back.
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