South Florida Power Outage Grounds Flights

A power issue grounded flights at Miami International Airport (MIA) and Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL), according to Kathleen Bergen, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson. An MIA spokesperson also claims that the power outage was not major and that only a few flights were grounded just before noon. Miami-Dade Aviation Department spokesperson Greg Chin said shortly after 12:30 p.m. that the FAA was permitting some departures at a limited rate. Bergen confirmed that all systems had been restored shortly after 1 p.m.

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