Ongoing Power Outage Cancels and Delays Multiple Flights at McGhee Tyson Airport

McGhee Tyson Airport operations impacted by power outage

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A partial power outage is causing delays at McGhee Tyson Airport on Thursday. Work is underway to make repairs. The airport announced just after 3 p.m. that an electrical issue created a partial power outage at 1:42 p.m. The issue has been contained and staff are working with the City of Alcoa to make repairs, according to a post by McGhee Tyson. Knox County property assessor indicted for official misconduct Until…

Ongoing power outage cancels and delays multiple flights at McGhee Tyson Airport

The airport said it would be under restricted operations until the issue was fixed. More than a dozen flights departing or arriving were delayed as of 3 p.m.