Ripple effect at Reagan National and dulles i want to show you video of how passengers spent their time inside of a plane during the outage and what they ended up doing. Reporter they asked to lien on each other and have a little faith and they got that. If news, according to georgia power, the power outage should be fixed by midnight. Again, good news for all of those passengers who had to endure all of that. At Reagan National, you could see up here on the departure side. Cancelations throughout the entire day because of this power outage. Flights going to and coming from the Atlanta International airport at a standstill throughout the day and gng today there were about 20 total flights between right now at Reading National and at dulles as well. Either cancelations, delays or diversions in this case, a friend was flying out here and she told me in didnt realize there was a delay because of the power outage in this case, she now has to fly out tomorrow evening from her airline. She d
This outtaj at the Atlanta Delta canceled many, many flights yesterday and even today theres some 300 Flights Canceled but thats because delta has its hub there atlanta and when the power went out really everybody was at a standstill for most of the day. Lets take you to video from yesterday when the airport was just plunged into■c darkness. [inpuible] multiple Power Systems and then were told toxic fumes kept Georgia Power crews from accessing the site for hours so every■c single plane was stopped there on the tarmac and in the terminals passengers were stranded. Atlantas airport, the busiest in the world so what happens there has a Ripple Effect all over the country. National told us■c theyre having to do a lot of changing to get home. Not going as planned retty much. Sad how you wake up with so much joy ready to go and you, working out. Heartbreaking. Reporter and■c [inaudible] all right, so, sorry about the technical difficulties were having out there. They got atlantas not
Channing street. Caution there. We have a red line delay. A full look at traffic next. Back to you. 7 oclock is our time right now. Developing overnight the power is back on at the worlds Busiest Airport. But now thousands are backed up after being stranded and delayed in atlanta. All right in the thick of Christmas Travel of course and fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live at Reagan National airport with how these major delays are affecting us locally. Mel. Reporter hey, good morning, and, yes, it is definitely affecting us locally. We had a number of passengers who told us that they came here to the airport yesterday, their flight was canceled they were rebooked on flights for this morning. They got here this morning and those flights were canceled and thats why weve seen such big backups here at the terminal and also at the at the check in counter as people are trying to figure out where are they going, how can they get there and when can they get there, all of this because of that power ou
December 18th 2017. Glad youre with us. Happy birthday to you. Thank you. Happy birthday to your daughter sidney ton all you statue tanners out there. Happy happy birthday. What time is the party . Well, you know the older you get the more parties dont mean that much. So were not invited. Right. [ laughter ] in other words. Thats the bottom line. Were not invite. What happened was ing. Still empty mix. Maybe next year. 9 01 is the time. Also a ahead a teenager with local ties made us history becoming the first ever black woman to made the olympic Speed Skating Team well introduce to the 17yearold talk to her coming up next. All right. Thats exciting. Very exciting. Im getting exciting. I love the olympics. I do too. Im an olympic junkie. I like all the stories. Im mad if i miss the opens stories. I like it all. Lets take live look outside right now because its pretty mild. Gorgeous morning treat to do beautiful sunrise. Mike has a lk store for this monday. Hey, mike. Hey, guys. I saw w
Im Megan Mcgrath live in harp percent ferry. If you look behind me you can see the damage caused by this Early Morning fire. This is the Business District along high street. All four Historic Buildings were destroyed. Actually, thats my shop. History up in flames in Harpers Ferry. Cindy dunns shop the vintage lady is no more. The building which dates back to 1840 is now a burnedout shell. What this has done not just to me personal le but to the fabric that is Harpers Ferry is devastating. Reporter flames raged through a section of the historic Business District on high street this morning. Four buildings, home to several businesses and apartments were destroyed. It is quite a blow to this tightknit community. When it actually phappens in a small down like this it is affected. Now who the poor people are. You know everybody. Reporter while the loss of property is extensive, cindi dunn takes comfort in the fact that no one was hurt. People love this town. It is heartbreaking to think how