Atlanta Airport's Power Outage Will Cause Travel Pain for Days
Dec 18, 2017, 01:53 PM
ATLANTA— While power has been restored to the world's busiest airport, the travel woes will linger for days.
Thousands of people were stranded Monday morning at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where more than 1,000 flights were grounded just days before the start of the Christmas travel rush.
A sudden power outage caused by a fire in an underground electrical facility brought the airport to a standstill Sunday about 1 p.m.