All flights were halted at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after a power outage on Dec. 17. (Patrick Martin/The Washington Post)A power outage crippled air traffic at the world’s busiest airport Sunday, stranding thousands of travelers and disrupting flights nationwide, just as people begin the busy Christmas travel week. Officials said Sunday night that the power outage at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport started with a fire in a Georgia Power underground electrical facility. At about 1:30 p.m., the airport tweeted that there was a power outage affecting “several areas” of the airport. — Atlanta Airport (@ATLairport) December 17, 2017International flights were diverted to other airports, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Source: Washington Post December 17, 2017 20:09 UTC