Power outage at Atlanta’s Harsfield-Jackson cripples flights

ATLANTA, GA (WWAY) – A power outage reported just after lunchtime Sunday in Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson has left a freeze on outgoing or incoming flights.

The Atlanta Airport released a statement on the outage, which you can read below.

Updated information on the ATL power outage. pic.twitter.com/yu0MMsRqZE

— Atlanta Airport (@ATLairport) December 17, 2017

The incident is still under investigation according to the airport. They say that they are working with Georgia Power to identify the cause and fix it. The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a ground stop for flights headed to Atlanta at this time.

That includes flights from Wilmington’s ILM. So far the Wilmington airport has reported one departing and arriving flight as “cancelled”.

Delta Airlines has released their own statement for waivers if passengers flights cannot be rescheduled. Below is what they had to say.

Due to a power outage at the Atlanta airport, travel to/from/through the cities below may be impacted. Check flight status frequently for up-to-the-minute info about your flight plans, or get updates sent directly to your mobile device or by email with One-Time Flight Notification.

RESCHEDULING FLIGHTS

If you wish to cancel your trip as a result of a flight cancellation or significant delay (90 minutes or more), you are entitled to a refund for the unused portion of your ticket. Even if your flight is not canceled, you may make a one-time change to your ticket without fee if you are scheduled to travel to, from, or through the following destination(s) on Delta, Delta Connection^®, or Delta-coded flights during the specified time periods listed below.

For the latest on arrivals and departures from ILM, click here.