ATLANTA — Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport went dark Sunday after a power outage. Reports of the outage came in at around 1 p.m. Sunday. Photos and video swirled social media taken from the scene of the world's busiest airport.
Video shows a worker at Atlanta's airport sliding down a stopped escalator on his way to help travelers stranded by power outage that has grounded at least 1,200 flights. https://t.co/6lHp7m5cYk pic.twitter.com/n5KNMwadP8
— ABC News (@ABC) December 18, 2017
i have never seen so many people in a room clap all together when lights turned on #ATLANTAairport
— 𝕂𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕖 ℂ𝕣𝕠𝕤𝕤 (@kalee_cross) December 18, 2017
ATL airport mess. My sister's videos just came through. In this one you can hear someone on the intercom announcing an emergency @wsbtv @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/zcLuKYVEqL
— Ashley Homrich (@AshleyWSBTV) December 17, 2017
@wsbtv view for the past hour and a half or so 😩....planes everywhere #atlairportfail pic.twitter.com/N7dZLJjJeQ
— Stephanie (@sohlms) December 17, 2017
— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) December 18, 2017
Celebrities also found themselves affected by the outage.
We have been on this plane for 16 hours. (10.5 hour flight 5 ish hour runway hold). I think it will only be another hour or so.
— Lolo Jones (@lolojones) December 18, 2017
What I did to occupy my time: pic.twitter.com/eLVFlfivow
Imma learn not to book a December gig that requires me to travel through #ATLairport. You’d think I’d learn after 4 burns right?
— Questlove from @SongsThatShook Oct 13th @AMC_tv (@questlove) December 17, 2017
What's going on my mom been on the runway for almost two hours in atlanta😫 @ATLairport
— Missy Elliott (@MissyElliott) December 17, 2017
In spite of the frustration, some users had time for jokes because Twitter's always got jokes.
That Atlanta airport outage is how the walking dead started in case ya didn't know #atlairport 😂
— WARREN (@warrenxjones) December 18, 2017
The Atlanta airport thing is straight out of Die Hard 2...
— DouHawk, Matt (@MDouHawk) December 18, 2017
If the power is out at Atlanta airport, does that mean there is one airport in the nation that is NOT playing CNN? People in Atlanta, it's a win.
— Feelings Aren't Facts (@aubergine20) December 17, 2017
People has a lot to say when it was announced Chick-Fil-A would be providing meals for stranded travelers.
Mayor Kasim Reed says @ChickfilA is providing meals for those affected by the power outage at the #ATLairport... on a Sunday 🐐 pic.twitter.com/PVSPMZgbqd
— Kelsey Wingert (@KelsWingert) December 18, 2017
You know the apocalypse is happening when the country’s busiest airport suddenly loses power and it ends in @ChickfilA being served on Sunday!! 😳 https://t.co/QfoYln7UGd
— Johnny (Joey) Jones (@Johnny_Joey) December 18, 2017
Would you be up for getting stranded indefinitely at #ATLairport if it meant you could have @ChickfilA on Sunday? https://t.co/cdrEmGnNuf
— Dylan McLemore (@voiceofD) December 18, 2017
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