It’s the busiest travel week of the year, and BWI’s terminal started things off with a power outage on Monday morning.
The morning started off free and clear at Baltimore-Washington International/Thurgood Marshall Airport. Around 8:50 a.m., TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein was even reporting short lines.
The line to get juice and a newspaper was longer than the #TSA checkpoint line at C Terminal at #BWI this morning. pic.twitter.com/FBxDPHEw6Q
— Lisa Farbstein, TSA Spokesperson (@TSA_Northeast) November 24, 2014
Two hours later, the lights went out. The power outage was reported around 10:40 a.m. Ten minutes later, airport officials announced that security checkpoints A, B and C were closed.
Power disruption in portions of #BWI terminal. Electricians working to restore power.
— BWI Marshall Airport (@BWI_Airport) November 24, 2014
After a”modified” (read: manual) screening process was implemented during the morning, power was restored just before 9 a.m. But delays are likely to continue into the afternoon.
Power restored at #BWI. Airline passenger and @TSA screening operations expected to resume shortly.
— BWI Marshall Airport (@BWI_Airport) November 24, 2014
Flight delays, however, are expected to continue into the afternoon. Hopefully this means they’re getting the snafus out of their system today, before the heavy crowds start on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Check with BWI’s website for flight info.
