Sunday, April 24, 2011

St. Louis Tornado Grounds Atlanta Travelers

St. Louis Tornado Grounds Atlanta Travelers

By MYFOXATLANTA STAFF/myfoxatlanta

ATLANTA - Passengers flying from Atlanta's Hartfield Jackson International Airport to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport will have to check with their airlines to see if their flights are canceled. This after a powerful EF-3 tornado ripped through the airport Friday night.

Surveillance video released Saturday show people scrambling for cover as glass and debris flew into the terminal. The tornado not only damaged terminals, planes and cars, but also knocked power out for a good portion of Saturday. The airport's website said they were able to bring in nine flights on Saturday and might be ready for some departing flights on Sunday.

Travelers are feeling the pain of no being able to fly into the city here in Atlanta. Delta canceled 14 flights while Airtran had to scrap 11 on Saturday. Both airlines told FOX 5 News their airplanes did not receive any damage

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