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Number of Flights Delayed, Canceled at BWI After Outage

A number of flights at Baltimore-Washington International Airport were delayed or canceled following a brief power outage Monday morning.

The power outage was first reported in portions of the terminal around 10:20 a.m. Airport spokesman Jonathan Dean said in an email that the outage affected concourses A, B, and C.

Passenger screening operations and airline ticketing operations were suspended during the outage.

Electricity was restored just before noon, but the disruption affected many flights just before the Thanksgiving travel rush. According to flight tracking website FlightAware.com, 26 arriving and departing flights were canceled; 47 were delayed.

Dean says an early investigation shows that an underground electrical cable on the airfield failed, causing the outage. The damage is being repaired, he says; BWI put a large generator near the terminal to serve as emergency backup while repairs are made.

Normal TSA screening operations were also resumed.

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