Delta works to recover following Atlanta airport blackout
Delta Air Lines moved to restore operations Monday after a complete power outage at its base hub, Atlanta Hartsfield International, forced the airline to cancel about 1,300 flights Dec 17 and Dec 18. According to electric utility Georgia Power, a Dec. 17 fire in an underground facility “caused extensive damage,” including to substations serving ATL. Despite “many redundant systems” in place to preserve power to the airport, ATL went dark from about 1 pm Dec 17 to 12 am Dec 18, an 11-hour blackout that forced FAA to ground all air traffic to/from ATL. About 1,200 total flights were canceled Dec 17, most of which were Delta flights. While Delta systems played no part in the episode, the ATL blackout likely will be costly for the airline. The blackout occurred just 10 days after a winter storm in Atlanta forced Delta to cancel nearly 1,400 flights. <br/>
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Delta works to recover following Atlanta airport blackout
Delta Air Lines moved to restore operations Monday after a complete power outage at its base hub, Atlanta Hartsfield International, forced the airline to cancel about 1,300 flights Dec 17 and Dec 18. According to electric utility Georgia Power, a Dec. 17 fire in an underground facility “caused extensive damage,” including to substations serving ATL. Despite “many redundant systems” in place to preserve power to the airport, ATL went dark from about 1 pm Dec 17 to 12 am Dec 18, an 11-hour blackout that forced FAA to ground all air traffic to/from ATL. About 1,200 total flights were canceled Dec 17, most of which were Delta flights. While Delta systems played no part in the episode, the ATL blackout likely will be costly for the airline. The blackout occurred just 10 days after a winter storm in Atlanta forced Delta to cancel nearly 1,400 flights. <br/>
