Baltimore/Washington Worldwide Thurgood Marshall Airport skilled an influence outage Monday morning, snarling inbound flight site visitors and bringing safety screening to a standstill as crews labored furiously to revive regular operations.
The affected areas, together with the airport’s foremost terminal and the hourly parking storage, misplaced energy round 8:20 a.m., BWI wrote in an replace on Twitter.
Baltimore Gasoline and Electrical informed WBAL TV that there have been downed “customer owned” electrical wires within the space of the airport.
By 9:30, the airport stated “many inbound flights” have been being diverted, and suggested vacationers to examine with their airline for extra data.
A short while later safety screening resumed regular operations at checkpoints A and B, however that some airways have been utilizing air stars to deplane passengers.
“Power is slowly being restored to areas throughout the main terminal,” BWI wrote on X.
BWI airport is situated in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, located about 9 miles south of downtown Baltimore and about 30 miles northeast of Washington, DC.
