ir traffic at Hamburg airport, Germany's fifth busiest, ground to a halt Sunday due to a power outage caused by a short circuit, a spokeswoman said.
"We are working at high speed to fix the problem," the airport spokeswoman told AFP.
After 2 hours on the phone with @aerlingus and agency. Aer Lingus says I need to speak with counter rep at airport to rebook flight. Here is their counter where reps should be. And here is the line waiting for there to actually be reps. #hamburgairport #hamburg pic.twitter.com/BvpvUuBoJH
— GabeShep (@gabeshep) June 3, 2018
Travellers were told to consult their airline before heading to the airport, whose two terminals were evacuated during the blackout which began at about 0800 GMT.
Hamburg airport has 200 incoming and outbound flights on an average Sunday and serves more than 17 million passengers each year.
Something is very wrong at Hamburg airport. Departing passengers are backed up everywhere. pic.twitter.com/GITSqEMJh8
— David Schwartz (@JoelKatz) June 3, 2018
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