Power outage hits Brussels airport, causing many delays
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A power outage has hit Brussels airport, delaying departing planes and leaving hundreds of people stranded outside the terminal.
Florence Muls of Brussels airport says the outage hit at 5 a.m. local time Thursday and specifically affected the luggage and air conditioning systems.
Early morning departures were immediately affected and hundreds of people were left waiting outside.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Muls says after the outage was fixed, people were slowly let back in the building. Dozens of flights were delayed.