have to face. we understand, again, from the city that this was due rather, from georgia power, it was due to fire at an underground electrical facility. that s all we know at this point. we know that that fire also affected the backup systems that should have been in place to prevent something like this from happening. so, yeah, a lot of questions. a lot of major questions that have to be answered how this could have happened at such an important piece of the transportation puzzle. george, thanks for being there. thanks for keeping us all up to date because our viewers certainly across america and indeed beyond are very interested in some answers themselves. george howell, many thanks. appreciate it. and we ll keep crossing back to that airport story and whether people are getting information on their flights throughout the night, throughout the morning. for now, though, something a little more in the realm of entertainment. like far wars: the last jedi is shattering box offic
travel date. the holiday season for many people headed to the holiday destinations. some people headed to work. why is this such a big deal? well, this is the busiest airport in the world. what that means, this airport averages some 275,000 passengers per day. some 2500 flights per day. it s the world s busiest airport since 1998. it s definitely a very important piece of the transportation puzzle, rosemary. so that s what we re seeing right now. people just waiting to see when this airport will get back to operation so they can get home. and there is a great deal of frustration. i can totally understand that. and the big question is how is it even possible for power to go down for 11 hours at the world s busiest airport, and how much pressure do you think this will put on the mayor to come up with some answers about that, and of course, the cause of this fire. i think that will be certainly the monday morning questions that the city of atlanta, that this airport will
worth, towards dulles and new york, about 10 to 20% of every major airport s flights has been impacted because of the ripple affect of what is happening in atlanta. so, again, even if all of this gets back to smooth sailing, george, i think the fog will play a little bit of a role in get things back up in the air in the morning hours. pedram javaheri, thank you so much. and to give our viewers the scope and scale of why this atlanta airport is so important, take a look at the statistics from the city of atlanta. it gives you a picture of this airport averages some 275,000 passengers per day. 2500 flights per day in and out of this airport. it is the busiest airport in the world since 1998, serving 75 international destinations and 150 u.s. destinations. so atlanta is a very important center when it comes to the transportation puzzle. let s now bring in our guest, captain desmond ross. captain ross, the principle at