(RNN) – A power outage has left Reagan National Airport in Washington completely in the dark.
The airport tweeted it was “aware of an airport wide power outage” at 9:50 p.m. ET and said it was investigating.
Another tweet at 10:35 p.m. said backup generators were keeping “several areas of the terminal” lighted. Minutes later, it said flights were still operating.
Social media posts from inside the airport showed it shrouded in darkness, with little if any interior lighting functioning.
A spokesperson told WRC-TV in DC that the outage was related to an issue with the airport’s energy provider, Dominion Energy.
Generator backup power is providing lighting to several areas of the terminal. Updates to follow. (10:35pm) pic.twitter.com/SjdBsUxGfu
— Reagan Airport (@Reagan_Airport) August 16, 2018
BREAKING: I’m at Ronald Reagan National Airport. There is darkness due to a power outage. I’ve never seen his before at Reagan National. More details at 11 @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/nyV1tcQqKB
— Shomari Stone (@shomaristone) August 16, 2018
Video of the #PowerOutage at @Reagan_Airport. Still down after ~15 minutes. pic.twitter.com/Liu5QsbiMv
— Samuel Breslow (@sdkb42) August 16, 2018
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