The lights are back on at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington D.C. after the facility lost power Wednesday night.
According to Fox5DC.com, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokesperson Andrew Trull said several flights in and out of the airport were delayed after two power feeds to the facility shut down, causing a complete outage.
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The electricity provider, Dominion Energy, said the airport had several backup generators which were turned on to provide power to terminals and all essential services. Airport officials worked with engineers to identify the problem and fix it as soon as possible.
Several passengers at the airport shared images on Twitter from inside the facility Wednesday:
And it’s #lightsout at Reagan Airport #DCA #PowerOutage pic.twitter.com/DmithnRDPv
— Gene Anderson (@SUWhitmanDean) August 16, 2018
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? pic.twitter.com/iMUAV3ufiy
— Heather Timmons (@HeathaT) August 16, 2018
The official Twitter account of Reagan National Airport said power was fully restored and all systems were back to normal after 11 p.m. ET. The airport acknowledged that some flights were delayed due to the electrical outage:
Generator backup power is providing lighting to several areas of the terminal. Updates to follow. (10:35pm) pic.twitter.com/SjdBsUxGfu
— Reagan Airport (@Reagan_Airport) August 16, 2018
11:13pm: Power is restored to the airport and systems are coming back online. Some flights may be delayed. Thank you for your patience.
— Reagan Airport (@Reagan_Airport) August 16, 2018
Officials from Reagan Airport said operations returned to normal Thursday.
