Giving a whole new meaning to giving. This is nbc nightly news with kate snow. Good evening with the avalanche of hollywood travel just beginning, and so Many Americans headed to airports this week, a massive power outage at the worlds busiest hub is having a big impact tonight. The power went out at Heartsfield Jackson International airport at atlanta. Thats a live picture from outside the departures area. It left thousands of passengers trapped on planes and inside the darkened terminal. Authorities were quick to say it was not criminal or an act of terror, but more than 800 flights now into and out of atlanta have been cancelled. More than 500 delayed. We begin with nbcs morgan radford. Reporter today, a full ground stop at atlantas Hartsfield Jackson airport left 100 aircraft parked on the runway. I p really big i dont know, terrorist attack or something crazy because the power was out and phones stopped working. And that was quite frightening. Reporter as flights were diverted to
Giving. This is nbc nightly news with kate snow. Good evening with the avalanche of hollywood travel just beginning, and so Many Americans headed to airports this week, a massive power outage at the worlds busiest hub is having a big impact tonight. The power went out at Heartsfield Jackson International airport at atlanta. Thats a live picture from outside the departures area. It left thousands of passengers trapped on planes and inside the darkened terminal. Authorities were quick to say it was not criminal or an act of terror, but more than 800 flights now into and out of atlanta have been cancelled. More than 500 delayed. We begin with nbcs morgan radford. Reporter today, a full ground stop at atlantas Hartsfield Jackson airport left 100 aircraft parked on the runway. I personally thought it was a really big i dont know, terrorist attack or something crazy because the power was out and phones stopped working. And that was quite frightening. Reporter as flights were diverted to othe
Early today starts right now. Good morning. Im phillip mena. Im francis rivera. An outage created a travel might mare ahead of the holiday rush. Electricity went out around 1 00 p. M. After a fire damaged. Over the course of 11 hours to the cheers of weary passengers. More than 1,300 flights were cancelled or delayed with more backups expected to ripple into today. Reporter a massive power outage at the worlds business jest airport. Were all finding out whats to do next. Arriving planes were held at the point of departure. Some arriving passengers were stuck on the tar mac while others said finding flight information was a struggle. We havent got an email or a text. The system is down. This is a mess. The power outage came at the start of a busy travel season. U. S. Air carriers are expected to fly 15 million passengers between now and january 15th. Santa claus came around. A lighter mood for passengers who can do little but wait. Now to the massive fire consuming southern california.
Im molette green. A worstcase scenario to start this busy Holiday Travel week. Thats right, the lights are back on at the airport in atlanta, and passengers around the world will feel this impact for days. Yes. That includes people into and out of our areaa. An underground electrical fire plunged Atlanta Hartsfield jackson airport, that is, into darkness and bringing the worlds Busiest Airport to a standstill. Earn wveryone was just kind shocked and kind of went on with it because we saw it would come back really soon. But it wasnt really soon. It took over 11 hours. Around midnight the lights came back on and the damage is done. News 4s justin finch is live now at Reagan National airport where travelers are feeling the impact and there are flights left to reschedule. Thats so right, eun, reagan looking a lot smoother now than it was some hours before. This had all of the makings of a holiday nightmare. Were talking about a week out from christmas, crowds here showing up early to get a
And a month ago, a man opened fire inside a lafayette, louisiana, multiplex killing two people and wounding seven others before taking his own life. And just earlier this month, in nashville, tennessee, a man shot and killed by police after he attacked moviegoers with pepper spray and a hatchet. John chandler is live outside a regal theatre. John . Reporter thats right. If you just think about all the places, especially here at new york city that we are subject to security checks, airports, museums, even yankee stadium, and now at least at Regal Cinemas, at the movies. Whats in your bag . Regal movies wants to know. The company is now searching bags and backpacks at their nearly 600 nationwide locations. At union square, signs warn moviegoers theyll be subject to a search and many were surprised. I didnt know it was a security check. So now that i know, im a little more worried than i was before. Reporter why is that . Well, i mean, i never think of that at the movies. I never have. Do