ticket counter lines were getting shorter as passengers were finally being routed onto new flights after about 1600 were canceled over the past two days. georgia power continues to investigate the fire that broke out in an underground electrical room knocking out both the main power supply to the airport as well as secondary emergency backup power lines. airport officials say what happened was a freak event that s unlikely to repeat itself. nevertheless they say their lesson learned that they can carry forward. the cause of this outage was most certainly accidental. however it does raise some questions among counterterrorism experts about the vulnerability of our nation s infrastructure. the atlanta airport is the world s busiest airport which begs the question, how are the other airports doing? love jen heathrow or dubai or any major asian airports.
ticket counter lines were getting shorter as passengers were finally being routed onto new flights after about 1600 were canceled over the past two days. georgia power continues to investigate the fire that broke out in an underground electrical room knocking out both the main power supply to the airport as well as secondary emergency backup power lines. airport officials say what happened was a freak event that s unlikely to repeat itself. nevertheless they say their lesson learned that they can carry forward. the cause of this outage was most certainly accidental. however it does raise some questions among counterterrorism experts about the vulnerability of our nation s infrastructure. the atlanta airport is the world s busiest airport which begs the question, how are the other airports doing? love jen heathrow or dubai or any major asian airports.
enough of this. i just need to go home. so, all the flights are delayed and i cannot find a flight to phoenix. i went to every option through every other airport but i cannot find a flight. all flights are booked. otherwise, it s like unaffordable. there is not a flight for me until tuesday, but i m going to try to get on one tomorrow. so, hopefully, it works out. i mean, i ll miss meetings and there s a lot of things, but life is life, so you ve got to make it work. reporter: now a look inside the airport. you see those wheelchairs there. well, that s where some people chose to sleep through the night, waiting to be close enough to the ticket counter so they could get some information. but again, as people get to the ticket counter, they don t really get concrete answers at this point. again, we know that this will be a multiday event. we know that it will take some time for people to get back on those flights to move on to their destinations, but again, a
what happens next for you? i don t. all my family is in jacksonville. i m from phoenix. so i m just trying my phone is dead. so i m trying to see what southwest does. how i end upped here, i don t know. i ve never been to atlanta airport before. and there are thousands of people around you in the same position. yes, there are. i know some have gone to hotels. some are waiting for people to pick them up. but for me, i m not sure. i m just kind of waiting to see what happens. again, people are just trying to get in position at the ticket counter. but i can tell you this. as of 11:16, the lights flipped on in the baggage terminal. you see the lines starting to form. many of the passengers trying to figure out what their next steps are. a lot of uncertainty about the hours ahead. you guys mind if i just chat with wow? victoria and ganzi.
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