A complete power outage created a travel nightmare for tens of thousands of passengers at atlantas hearts field Jackson Airport. The mayor said electricity went out around 1 00 p. M. After a fire damaged both the main substation powering the airport and its back up. The cause is still under investigation. Power slowly came on, terminal by terminal, over the course of about 11 hours to the cheers of weary passengers. More than 1300 flights were canceled or delayed and back ups are expected to ripple into today just as the busy Holiday Travel week gets underway. Nbcs Morgan Radford has more. Reporter a full ground stop at atlantas hearts felt Jackson Airport left nearly 100 aircraft parked on the runway. None allowed to fly in or out. I personally thought it was a really big i dont know, terrorist attack or something crazy because the power is out and phones stopped working and that was quite frightening. Reporter as inter flights were diverted to other airports, passengers were trapped
Went out around 1 00 sunday afternoon after a fire damaged the main substation powering the airport and its back up. The cause is under investigation. Power slowly came on terminal by terminal over the course of 11 hours to the cheers of wary passengers. More than 1300 flights were canceled or delays with more back ups expected to ripple into today. Dan has more. Reporter a massive power outage at the Busiest Airport. We are waiting to see whats going on and what to do next. Reporter all flights halted. Arriving planes held at port of departure. Arriving passengers were stuck on the tarmac. Others said finding flight information was a struggle. We havent gotten an email or text. I am surprised at that. The airline get a different flight. The system is down. This is a mess. Reporter the power outage came at the start of a busy travel season. U. S. Air carriers are expected to fly 51 million passengers between december 15 and january 4th. Sundays canceled and delayed flights may have dam
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.
A complete power outage created a travel nightmare for tens of thousands of passengers at atlantas hearts field Jackson Airport. The mayor said electricity went out around 1 00 p. M. After a fire damaged both the main substation powering the airport and its back up. The cause is still under investigation. Power slowly came on, terminal by terminal, over the course of about 11 hours to the cheers of weary passengers. More than 1300 flights were canceled or delayed and back ups are expected to ripple into today just as the busy Holiday Travel week gets underway. Nbcs Morgan Radford has more. Reporter a full ground stop at atlantas hearts felt Jackson Airport left nearly 100 aircraft parked on the runway. None allowed to fly in or out. I personally thought it was a really big i dont know, terrorist attack or something crazy because the power is out and phones stopped working and that was quite frightening. Reporter as International Flights were diverted to other airports, passengers were
Center, senator john mccain is back home. His office announcing the senator will not be back in washington until at least january and it couldnt have come at a worst time for the president with the long awaited vote on the 1. 5 trillion tax bill expected to take place tomorrow in the house. As Congress Works furiously to fulfill the president s promise to, quote, give americans a tax cut for christmas. And theyll need every republican vote they can with democrats rejecting the bill in mass. Here was the president remarking on his call with mccains wife cindy. I wish her well. I wish john well. Theyre headed back, but i understand hell come if we ever needed his vote which hopefully we wont. But the word is john will come back if we need his vote. And its too bad. Its tough. Hes going through a very tough time. Theres no question about it. So, just how much will this impact that crucial tax vote . For more we go to nbcs Edward Lawrence in washington. Edward, good morning. Reporter good