Explosion At Atlanta Airport
There has been an explosion at the Atlanta, Georgia airport.
An evacuation has been trigged after a maintenance shed explosion at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. The incident occurred around 9am this morning, June 11, in a shed at Concourse D, near gate D-21.
Hartsfield-Jackson Airport representative, Reese McCraine, described the event as a “small explosion” and states that no injuries have been reported.
A power outage at the concourse has occurred as a result of the explosion, however, a spokeswoman for the Atlanta Fire Department, Janet Ward, says there is no smoke or fire at the site.
Shortly after the explosion was first reported, an airport announcement indicated that travellers with flights out of Concourse D were not to enter security.
Less than an hour after the explosion, passengers waiting for their flights were tweeting that things had settled down at the airport.
One person shared, “I’m in the airport main terminal. Operations are normal here.”
Another offered:
“Source on a plane at Hartsfield right now says things seem normal, no delay expected in departure.”
WSB-TV has been live-tweeting the incident.
Inside pic –>RT @gafollowers: Concourse D has been shut down and blocked off due to explosion. twitter.com/GAFollowers/st…
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) June 11, 2013
UPDATE – Announcement made at the airport – Do not enter security if you have a flight leaving Concourse D. — WSB-TV (@wsbtv) June 11, 2013
Passengers remain stuck on flights at Concourse D. twitter.com/YRN70/status/3… (via @yrn70) — WSB-TV (@wsbtv) June 11, 2013
UPDATE -Producer with @wsbradio inside Concourse D tells us power has been restored where he is.
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) June 11, 2013
At 10:14am, the official Atlanta airport Twitter account shared the follow:
There was a small electrical explosion at 8:40am near gate D21. Passengers were evacuated but have returned. No injuries reported.
— Atlanta Airport (@Atlanta_Airport) June 11, 2013
If you were present during an explosion at an airport, would you still wait to take your flight?
[Images via Twitter]
