Disruption at Atlanta Airport After Storms Result in Canceled Flights

Extreme storms this weekend led to a whole lot of flight cancellations and the evacuation of an air visitors management tower at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Worldwide Airport.

Heavy rainfall and excessive winds battered the world’s busiest airport on Friday night time, prompting flash flood warnings and the momentary evacuation of a visitors management tower.

Delta, which has a significant hub in Atlanta, mentioned Saturday that its groups have been working laborious to revive operations however that it anticipated delays and cancellations to proceed over the rest of the weekend, which comes at peak journey time amid the July 4 rush.

“The storm brought on a whole lot of cancellations, diversions and delays throughout our total system in addition to an evacuation and momentary energy loss on the ATL air visitors management tower,” the airline mentioned in a press release.

“Greater than 100 Delta plane required inspection on account of hail, and we anticipate a number of hundred extra cancellations this weekend as we work to securely get well.”

The provider, which operates round 900 flights per day from Atlanta, apologized for the disruption and inspired passengers to verify the Fly Delta app for the most recent flight info.

In a press release shared with Enterprise Insider, the Federal Aviation Administration mentioned air visitors controllers had “returned to the Atlanta management tower after the FAA evacuated most personnel on account of robust winds.”

“Just a few controllers remained within the facility to deal with inbound plane,” it added.