A nationwide flight stop kept Chicago traveler Andre Bellos on a plane at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for about five hours Friday. He missed a rock and roll induction ceremony in Los Angeles.
Federal aviation officials lifted the stop on departing flights at 8:15 p.m. ET, more than four hours after an outage began at 3:36 p.m. Investigators had not determined whether a defective router or an installation error caused the outage. Officials also had not identified the remote FAA facility involved.
Frontier rebooked Bellos for Saturday morning, but the replacement flight was delayed. Bellos said it did not show up until what he thought was about 5 p.m. His check-in window at the Peacock Theatre was 3 to 5 p.m. He abandoned the Los Angeles trip and booked a flight back to Chicago, with arrival expected Sunday.
Airport officials anticipated normal operations by Sunday night and urged travelers to check their flight status before going to the airport. That was an expectation, not a confirmed outcome.
By News Now Georgia
Marcus Jones
News Now Georgia
