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Atlanta Airport Power Outage Affects Flights in South Florida

Travelers flying to Atlanta out of South Florida Monday morning remain stuck after a sudden power outage caused by a fire in an underground electrical facility brought Atlanta's Hartsfield/Jackson International Airport to a standstill Sunday.

A number of incoming and outgoing flights were either delayed or cancelled at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Miami International Airport and Palm Beach International Airport.

Make sure to check your flight status if you're flying out of FLL, MIA or PBIA.

On Sunday, more than 1,000 flights were grounded at Atlanta's Hartsfield/Jackson International Airport just days before the start of the Christmas travel rush.

More than 10 hours after the blackout began, authorities announced that electricity had been fully restored to the airport.

A sudden power outage caused by a fire in an underground electrical facility brought the airport to a standstill Sunday about 1 p.m.

All outgoing flights and arriving planes were held on the ground at their point of departure. International flights were being diverted, officials said.

Delta Air Lines, with its biggest hub operation in Atlanta, will be hardest hit. By Sunday evening, Delta had already canceled nearly 900 flights and another 300 Monday, nearly all of them in Atlanta, according to tracking service FlightAware.com.

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