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Delta was hit arduous by a winter storm affecting 4 hubs that drove it to cancel tons of of flights. And vacationers waited hours in lengthy safety strains.
Early morning vacationers wait in lengthy strains Wednesday morning at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport amid the continued partial goverment shutdown. (Ben Hendren for the AJC)
Tens of hundreds of vacationers have had journeys upended this week as storms prompted Delta and different airways to cancel tons of of flights.
On high of that, pressures from a partial authorities shutdown have constructed over weeks as safety screeners work with out pay, and staffing is starting to crumble.
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Wait instances displayed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport amid the continued partial goverment shutdown. Wednesday, March 18, 2026 (Ben Hendren for the AJC)
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yhw tahw srelevart ot eht eht dluohs nwodnur fo etagivan wonk evah .selssah rof thgilf snoitpursid ,syad deunitnoc snoitallecnac dna dna a s’ereH
Multiple Delta hubs hit by storms over three days
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Early morning vacationers wait in lengthy strains at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport amid the continued partial goverment shutdown. (Ben Hendren for the AJC)
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htiw gnimocpu ot rieht eht sutats dluohs gnidaeh sthgilf kcehc erofeb .tropria srelevarT
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pu ot ot ot ll’yeht yeht eht os dias yap srehto rehto eno no gnissim tsuj ni reh dah puorg teg rof sthgilf dne .yad dna senilria ehS ,anegatraC
yrt ot ot ot neht eht diap ,emoh rof .thgilf hctac kcab kcab rehtona rehtona na osla tropria rebU rebU yehT
s’tI“ tsrow eht .dias ”,ylbaborp ym ,efil ni ecneirepxe ssorC
Security mess
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htiw stiaw eht naht gniffats gnirps .segatrohs gnineercs gnihcaer tniop erom ruoh tih sdworc dedilloc gnikaerb kaerb sa na a AST ,yadnuS ytiruceS
— htiw stiaw tiaw tiaw owt semit semit hguoht eht eht eht naht gnihcaer detsop sdoirep kaep ylraen regnol gnol otni sruoh neve .setamitse gnirud deunitnoc nac eb dna s’tropria lautca ,yadseuT yadnoM dnA
ot eht eht segatrohs lareves ytiruces gnineercs sdoirep revo eno fo del tsal evah ruof neve gnirud citsemod .syad ,esolc stniopkcehc tseisub gniffatS s’noskcaJ-dleifstraH
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Early morning vacationers wait in lengthy strains Wednesday on the Atlanta airport amid the continued partial goverment shutdown. (Ben Hendren for the AJC)
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stiaw deirt srelevart ot ot eht .lanimret gnol gnol lanoitanretni evah gniog citsemod ssapyb yb emoS
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tiaw tiaw tiaw tiaw tiaw semit eht eht eht eht eht dewohs detsop tniop eno ,gninrom niam lanoitanretni etunim-evif citsemod citsemod citsemod .tniopkcehc ,tniopkcehc ,tniopkcehc tniopkcehc ta ta ta ta dna na s’tropria a a a yadseuT htuoS kcehCerP htroN tA etunim-78 etunim-15 etunim-82
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A TSA Officer retains a watch on the scenario on the North terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Wednesday. (Ben Hendren for the AJC)
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.semuser gnitsal evah gnidnuf neve stceffe dluoc osla retfa tahT
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Airport street detour
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lliw lliw level-reppu ciffart ot ot hguorht eht eht deludehcs yawdaor nrettap gnikrap eno no fo fo fo wen wen egrem tsal senal ,enal enal si otni tixe evird kced noitcurtsnoc mialc ni-kcehc .segnahc yb egaggab dna gnidrocca a ,yadsendeW ehT lanimreT gnitratS htuoS htuoS hcraM .noskcaJ-dleifstraH atleD llA .03
tcepxE“ esu levart ciffart emit eht eht rewols .dias ”,spukcip raen rof artxe artxe sffo-pord ,noituac dna dna wolla tropria ,lanimreT citsemoD
lliw elihw ot eht eht selttuhs elttuhs spukcip sregnessap gnikrap edir-krap no tropria-ffo ffo fo fo gnivom letom rewol rewol degree degree sti si ,letoh pord dna osla tropria ehT lanimreT lanimreT ,htuoS LTAkraP .htroN
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