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Electrical system. Right now the impact of the power outage is being felt at philly international. Matt delucia joins us there with whats going on. Matt . Reporter we are also seeing some cancelations for today from philadelphia to atlanta. The majority of them being the earlier flights. Behind me, you see a lot of the other flights are still getting ready to take off here to other destinations. It really is only atlanta that is being affected here. Delta says most of the sclcance flights are for the early morning. Upwards of 300 flights in and out with delta being the largest carrier. The airline is particularly feeling the effects of the power outage. Delta is hoping to get back to a normal schedule this afternoon. If you are connecting or flying to atlanta from philadelphia, this airport here simply says you should keep checking with your airline for the status of your flight. We talked with travelers who have been stuck here overnight. Of course, we are in the busy Holiday Travel s
No problems so far. Ill update you again for the rest of the morning when i come back in ten minutes. Developing now, the powers back on at the worlds Busiest Airport in atlanta. The outage, the power outage lasted for hours yesterday. It canceled hundreds of outgoing flights. The problem triggered a travel nightmare across the country including nearly two dozen canceled flights from philadelphia. Stranded passengers had mixed reactions about the problems. We havent gotten an email or text. Im surprised about that. Get a different flight because the system is down. This is a mess. Santa claus and mrs. Claus came around ringing bells and personing us a merry and wishing us a merry christmas. Lightened the mood a little bit. Power Officials Say an underground fire caused extensive damage to the electrical system. Yesterdays power outage is impacting flights at Philadelphia National airport this morning. We find matt delucia live to talk about the ongoing problems passengers are facing th
Into wilmington and philadelphia. A little bit of shower activity. Now in center city i dont think its reaching the ground. It is falling into drier air. The first raindrops are evaporating. Dont be surprised if you see a sprinkle on your way out now. Most of the day, dry. The good news is, temperatures are warm for this time of year. Were at 39 degrees now in philadelphia. The suburbs, 34. 30s for the Lehigh Valley. Everybody above freezing, and well climb. The breaks in the clouds, turning partly sunny this afternoon. 40s later today. And even warmer come tomorrow. Ill break it down hour by hour in ten minutes. First, Jessica Boyington standing by with the first alert traffic. Thanks. Starting on the admiral wilson boulevard, cameras facing the ben franklin bridge. Heres the tauoll plaza here. Looks good so far. Moving new jersey into philadelphia, not bad. Seeing delays for septa. Route 101 delays because of slippery rails being reported there. Watching for the clearing of the crash
Showed it was going 80 miles an hour in a 30 mileperhour zone. The highspeed train nosedived off the overpass and landed on a busy highway below. At least three dozen dead, more hurt. Officials worked to rescue those trapped in the train cars. A couple who did survive spoke from their hospital beds. Kind of got dark found myself on the floor. Count your blessings, yeah. Try to leave day to day. Maybe i should stay off trains. Amtrak says the train was rolling on refurbished tracks designed for faster trips. The agency also says positive train control or ptc was not in use on the stretch of track where the derailment happened. Ptc can apply a trains brakes to slow it down and avoid crashes. Congress ordered ptc criminals on all major pcc systems on all major lines, but hurdles and high costs have delayed the process. There was a similar crash in philadelphia in 2015. An amtrak train traveling from washington, d. C. , to new york jumped a curb in port richmond. It was going more than 100