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Power outage at DEN 18 March 2026 (recovering)
Currently in a long lane of planes holding at DEN due to a power outage in the terminal.
No radio comms, no trains running, nobody able to get to arrival gates. It's complete bedlam here. Anyone in the terminal now? |
Starting to get media coverage:
The Federal Aviation Administration said that a ground stop was issued for 9:54 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., meaning all flights departing to Denver are grounded due to the equipment outages. https://kdvr.com/news/local/power-ou...ing-travelers/ |
We are taxiing to the gate now so I guess ground stop was lifted?
Our FO said power is being restored now. |
Interesting that it went dark. There are two independent 25kV feeds to separate substations at DIA plus they have on-premise diesel backup.
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Originally Posted by limey1K
(Post 37655843)
Interesting that it went dark.
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Originally Posted by mahasamatman
(Post 37655851)
It was only a partial outage.
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They were working on the elusive DEN PL and tripped a circuit breaker! :D
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UA has issued a waiver:
Denver Int'l Airport Power Outage Travel dates: March 18, 2026 This travel waiver allows for voluntary changes for travel to, from or through the airports listed. Airports
Applies to tickets issued by: March 17, 2026 Waiver code 7JCSW ARC and BSP agencies: Add the waiver code to the OSI field (example, OSI UA 7JCxx). NDC-enabled agency: NDC and United systems automatically apply the waiver to permitted changes. No waiver code is needed. Permitted Changes Change fee and fare difference waived for new flights operated by United/United express that depart March 18 - 21, 2026 for originally ticketed cabin (any fare class) and cities. Refund Travel agents can self-refund if a United flight is canceled or delayed as outlined in the Agency Rebooking Parameters by adding the waiver code UAIRROPS to the OSI field (OSI not needed for NDC-enabled agency) |
Those DEN trains sure go down a lot. Seems to happen every couple weeks.
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Dumpster fire at DEN A concourse around 1130
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What a mess. Took about 40 minutes to go from B45 to A25.
But trains running now. UCs are all on auxiliary power so no food, only booze. And many escalators not running. |
I remember reading about why there is no alternative walkway for the trains. Maybe it was budget?
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I called the 1K line to discuss something about a past flight and was on hold for a long time. This now makes sense as to why. I think I'll just call back later.
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Seems like things are slowly getting back to normal now. Just pushed back from the gate - only about 45 minutes late which honestly is better than I thought it was going to be.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...92b90e43d8.jpg |
Originally Posted by DawgmanOH
(Post 37656003)
I remember reading about why there is no alternative walkway for the trains. Maybe it was budget?
(It seems like even when the rest of the airport has power about 1 in 3 trips through DEN include some kind of train drama... I'm just very happy both of my DEN transits this year included a premium services agent making the B-to-A connection not suck) |
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