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Manic! 12-17-2017 03:31 PM

Worlds busiest airport has had no power for over 6 hours Atlanta
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ai...minals-n830546

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta has had no power for over 6 hours trapping people in planes and even worse trams.

Looks like a fire at a substation caused the problem

What the fks up with homeland security and why don't they have back up generators. This makes the US look like a third world country.

Ball.J.Inder 12-17-2017 03:45 PM

I've been to that airport on my way back to BC from Puerto Rico. God damn that place is a huge mess, I can only imagine it with out power.

MG1 12-17-2017 04:47 PM

The eyebrows at 0:10.

Great68 12-18-2017 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Manic! (Post 8878298)
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ai...minals-n830546


What the fks up with homeland security and why don't they have back up generators. This makes the US look like a third world country.


The fire damaged all the switchgear, which included the generator transfer switch system.

underscore 12-18-2017 08:23 AM

If it truly is the busiest airport in the world (I'm pretty sure I've heard that claim about every big airport) the systems should be redundant and separate. Since they weren't that's pretty weak.

Great68 12-18-2017 08:45 AM

Apparently the airport is served by two separate underground substations and the fire damaged them both.

I guess you could go as far as to build them complete at separate ends of the airport from each other, perhaps the cost of doing that vs rarity of both systems being damaged at the same time wasn't worth it.

I guess as armchair electrical engineers it's easy for us to make claims in hindsight, without knowing the all the details.

twitchyzero 12-18-2017 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by underscore (Post 8878444)
If it truly is the busiest airport in the world (I'm pretty sure I've heard that claim about every big airport) the systems should be redundant and separate. Since they weren't that's pretty weak.

there were redundancy in the system

either the damage was pretty extensive or most of the handy guys were out of town the Sunday before the biggest Western holiday

remember the widespread blackout in the east during the early 2000s?

underscore 12-18-2017 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 8878496)
there were redundancy in the system

If an incident at a single point can knock out everything then it isn't a redundant system. It may have some redundant components, but overall the system is not redundant.

carisear 12-18-2017 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 8878496)

remember the widespread blackout in the east during the early 2000s?

wasn't that die hard 4 where the mac commercial guy saved the world?

JesseBlue 12-18-2017 05:21 PM

I think the tower itself will have a backup of some sort. everything else is probably a luxury.


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