BALTIMORE (AP) – A power outage at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport caused significant flight delays and other interruptions to air travel Monday morning. More details from Correspondent Bernie Bennett. VERBATIM: Airport officials said the outage was impacting areas of the main terminal and an adjacent parking garage. Officials said in a social media post, […]
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Power Outage at BWI Airport
BALTIMORE (AP) – A power outage at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport caused significant flight delays and other interruptions to air travel Monday morning. More details from Correspondent Bernie Bennett.
VERBATIM:
Airport officials said the outage was impacting areas of the main terminal and an adjacent parking garage. Officials said in a social media post, power was fully restored around noon.
More than 150 flights were delayed and dozens more were canceled earlier in the day, according to a flight tracking website.
Stephanie Weaver, a spokesperson for Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, said the outage was reported around 7:40 a.m. and caused by a downed power line near the airport. Airport officials advised passengers to check with their airlines about flight status. They also said some inbound flights were being diverted.
Bernie Bennett reporting.