Thousands of passengers are stranded at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after a power outage caused more than 600 flights to be cancelled just days before the start of the Christmas travel rush. Passengers at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport were left in the dark when the lights suddenly went out in the early afternoon. The blackout halted all outgoing flights, and arriving planes were held on the ground at their point of departure. International flights were being diverted, officials said. Georgia Power spokesman John Kraft said the utility was working to determine the cause of the outage and restore electricity. He could not estimate when that might happen. No areas outside of the airport were affected by the power loss.
