something story tell story atlanta airport officials georgia power go explain complete power outage nation busy airport hartsfield-jackson atlanta international airport ground flight sunday afternoon threaten cause holiday travel nightmare fliers across country week christmas.thousands passengers strand flight ground delay power outage cripple atlanta 's hartsfield-jackson airport world 's busy airport pic.twitter.com/wpwqlgu5gd eagle wing nivisa4031 december 17 2017georgia power say repair well underway airport power expect restore around midnight sunday airport tweet power concourse back washington examiner byron york tweet two hours ago one seem know power outage happened.the atlanta airport story huge far nation 's large airport go dark operations shut thousands strand difficult situations nobody seem know byron york byronyork december 17 2017 work great urgency w/ georgia power restore power rest airport tweet read.according flightaware.com 1,161 flight cancel hartsfield-jackson 8:20 p.m. et.delta passengers happy things handle especially passengers stick tarmac several hours unable disembark plan oh god leave atl airport last night midnight 15 hours travel stick plane tarmac .. give anxiety think lot ppl tight space sidney ohgosquid december 18 2017fox news report outage power outage atlanta airport cause 'pandemonium ground flight https //t.co/och4xslbli pic.twitter.com/vx5lnpzmfq fox news foxnews december 17 2017georgia power say statement sunday even issue may involve fire cause extensive damage georgia power underground electrical facility airport say power restore one six concourses around 7:30 p.m. seven hours initial outage georgia power say expect power fully restore airport midnight.cnbc news reporter ethan kraft report chick-fil-a ceo dan cathy coordinate meals thousands strand passengers airport atlanta mayor kasim reed say speak chick-fil-a ceo dan cathy coordinate meals thousands strand passengers atlairport dark since 2p et ethan kraft ethan_kraft december 18 2017fire crew able extinguish fire begin assess damage begin repair yet able ascertain cause blaze utility say fox newsnbc news airport officials say large portion facility affect repair team work address situation since around 1:30 p.m. et.not everyone buy fire story however twitter user believe terror threat cause evacuation atlairport evacuate passangers stand outside tarmac one allow leave think high level hivite try get away 've disrupt major terror attack 's report cnn headquarter atlanta mediablackout sarah ruth ashcraft saraashcraft december 17 2017many citizens question story tell simple power outage wonder large airport world back power https //twitter.com/tonyabonya/status/942576639887663104officials atlanta police department tell wsb-tv airport evacuate travelers inside.a spokesperson tell associate press areas outside airport affect outage however flight chicago airports hare international midway cancel flight yet clear cancel due atlanta outage deal power outage atlanta airport actually insane 'll post scary videos late staff slide escalators help people amuse finally car head home atlantaairport atl atlantaa post share sarahmanleyy sarahmanleyy dec 17 2017 2:54pm pstdelta airlines headquarter atlanta say cancel approximately 900 mainline delta connection flight passengers check status flight airline say pending full resumption power delta anticipate near-full schedule monday atlanta though delay cancellations expect airline say website.the airline say would issue waiver travel atlanta airline dec. 17 18. airline also say would give travelers refund would like cancel trip flight cancel delay 90 minutes.those arrive flight meet long line pitch dark airport escalators elevators information screen operational.brian moote 36 morning host atlanta radio show say return home flight dallas power go airport moote say fellow passengers stick plane tarmac nearly six hours begin around 12:30 p.m. et atlanta pandemonium world large airport go dark…airport evacuated…1,161 flight cancel video