World's busiest airport hit by power outage


Passengers affected by a power outage waiting in long lines at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia yesterday. Theories for what might have caused the outage include a power line cut by a construction crew and a fire near the intra-terminal train. – EPA pic, December 18, 2017.

ATLANTA’S airport, the busiest in the world, was hit by a power outage yesterday that caused hundreds of flights to be delayed or cancelled.

“Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport sustained a power outage shortly after 1pm today,” the airport said in a statement yesterday.


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