Ground Stop Lifted At Philadelphia International Airport After 'Equipment Outage At FAA Tower'
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A ground stop at Philadelphia International Airport has been lifted after an "equipment outage at the FAA Tower," officials said.
The ground stop lasted for nearly 2 hours.
FAA ground stop in place at PHL due to equipment outage at the FAA tower. Please check directly with your airline for flight status updates.
— PHLAirport (@PHLAirport) November 6, 2018
"FAA ground stop due to earlier tower power outage has been lifted. FAA reporting some arriving flights are running 1 hour 54 minutes behind schedule. Check flight status updates with your airline," said airport officials
Travelers are urged to check directly with their airline for flight status updates.
Some fliers have taken to social media to voice their concerns:
I'm sitting on an airplane on the tarmac and no one knows WTF is happening. #PHL
— Gatekeeper of Tweets (@ZuulOfSD) November 6, 2018
We are all stuck on planes and the airlines dont know either. How could the PHL backup not be working! All the bloody tax money we spend!!!
— Rima (@ReallyRima) November 6, 2018
Sitting on plane over an hour no update other than there's an outage effecting radar and radios. No eta on repair provider yet....
— Vince Provenzano (@vpro1993) November 6, 2018
ground stop at Philadelphia airport the traffic control tower has lost power wonder how long this will take
— Rob (@jeepaholic1) November 6, 2018
Re-routed to Pittsburgh right before landing. Let us come home!
— Justin Freid (@Justin_Freid) November 6, 2018
Nothing like being diverted to Charlotte with 3 kids because PHL airport radar is down ????#PHL
— Heather Mitts (@heathermitts) November 6, 2018
Brah we been flying all night it seems flight was supposed to be 3hrs it's now 4 and a half.. Can't get back to philly so they took us to Baltimore. Why not Atlantic City?!????????♂️????????♂️
— Jack67 (@CenterStage67) November 6, 2018
Stay with CBS Philly as we continue to follow this developing story.