{"id":373568,"date":"2018-08-16T04:38:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T03:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/power-outage-holds-flights-at-reagan-national-airport-washington-dc-photos-videos-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2018-08-16T04:38:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T03:38:12","slug":"power-outage-holds-flights-at-reagan-national-airport-washington-dc-photos-videos-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/power-outage-holds-flights-at-reagan-national-airport-washington-dc-photos-videos-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Power outage holds flights at Reagan National Airport, Washington DC (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.08\/thumbnail\/5b74df19fc7e93426e8b45d8.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Inbound and outbound flights were bogged down for over an hour in the US capital&#8217;s primary airport, as it experienced a complete power outage. Stranded travelers have been posting images of the sudden blackout on social media.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Late Wednesday evening, the airport&#8217;s official account tweeted the management was aware of an &#8220;airport-wide&#8221; power outage and was investigating its cause.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are aware of an airport wide power outage and investigating. Updates to follow. (950pm)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reagan Airport (@Reagan_Airport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reagan_Airport\/status\/1029908547730067456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Confused passengers\u00a0shared\u00a0photos and videos of the airport&#8217;s halls, plunged into darkness by the outage. Announcers were\u00a0reportedly saying the facility was running on auxiliary power, but judging by the images, the lighting was minimal. One user said\u00a0luggage belts were not running, either.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The electricity just went out at Reagan National Airport and folks are wandering around trying to find their stranded bags on the stalled luggage belt by phone light. Infrastructure week? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iMUAV3ufiy\">pic.twitter.com\/iMUAV3ufiy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Heather Timmons (@HeathaT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeathaT\/status\/1029907766117380096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>A Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokesperson said the outage was caused by an issue at Dominion Energy, the company supplying power to the airport, as cited by NBC Washington. The spokesperson also said most flights had taken off for the night and any traffic disruption would not be significant.<\/p>\n<p>The airport later tweeted that flights were operating, but slowed down by unpowered mechanical systems. Lighting was being provided to some areas via backup generators.<\/p>\n<p>Power was restored about an hour after the blackout began.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">11:13pm: Power is restored to the airport and systems are coming back online. Some flights may be delayed. Thank you for your patience.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reagan Airport (@Reagan_Airport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reagan_Airport\/status\/1029929089749139456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>If you like this story, share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/436068-reagan-airport-power-outage\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inbound and outbound flights were bogged down for over an hour in the US capital&#8217;s primary airport, as it experienced a complete power outage. Stranded travelers have been posting images of the sudden blackout on social media. 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