Ground stops lifted for East Coast flights heading to Hartsfield-Jackson airport, FAA reports
Source: msn/WANF-TV Atlanta, GA
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Ground stops have been lifted for East Coast flights coming into Atlanta after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported an equipment issue at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday.
The FAA reports that the ground stops were lifted around 12:26 p.m.
At around 10:35 a.m., the FAA reported that flights from the East Coast had either been canceled or delayed due to the ground stops being called. Arrivals were temporarily slowed down due to a runway equipment issue at the airport.
The FAA has reported that, as of 1 p.m., five flights into and out of Atlanta had been canceled, and 372 flights had been delayed. Already airborne flights were actively landing, and flights took off from the airport.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/ground-stops-issued-for-east-coast-flights-heading-to-hartsfield-jackson-airport-faa-reports/ar-AA1Ez9vc
This was buried in mostly local news sources as it happened around the same time as the Newark Liberty ground stop this morning. Hartsfield-Jackson is way busier than Liberty.
