By Ray Downs, UPI
Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. had a brief power outage Wednesday night that caused widespread delays and some cancellations.
The outage occurred at approximately 9:45 p.m. and a backup generator was powered up about an hour later.
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Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokesperson Andrew Trull said inbound and outbound flights were temporarily suspended due to the outage, Fox 5-TV reported.
The Reagan Airport staff said on Twitter that power was eventually restored at 11:13 p.m.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement flights continued to arrive at the airport during the power outage, but departing flights were held at the gate.
The total number of flights affected will be known Thursday.
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Really? A power outage at the airport? *sigh* @reagan_airport pic.twitter.com/eo24a11nst— Amanda Stevens (@astevens16) August 16, 2018
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