Reagan Airport Flooded: Ankle-Deep Water Forces Evacuation From Parts Of D.C. Airport

WASHINGTON — Officials at Reagan National Airport have evacuated part of a terminal and closed a baggage claim area after a broken pipe caused flooding.

A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority the flooding Saturday was ankle deep in the terminal C baggage claim area. Spokeswoman Tara Hamilton says a dozen gates in terminal C were also closed.

The gates were mostly for US Airways flights. Airline spokesman Todd Lemacher says US Airways has canceled the remaining flights in and out of the airport, but he doesn't know how many were affected.

Lemacher says about 400 to 600 people were waiting for departing flights when the flooding started and were rerouted to another terminal.

The problem was located and the water was turned off about two hours later.

Comments

[FreeSpeech4All]

03:41 AM on 12/27/2009

While Congress gives away taxpayer money to the banksters and makes deals with health insurance and pharma cabals behind close doors, our infrastruc­ture continues to crumble...

[serindipity803]

05:15 AM on 12/27/2009

Empty criticism as usual is your contributi­on to our nation.

[americanwhoserved]

06:31 AM on 12/27/2009

serie: It was the truth, not "empty criticism"­. I also note you made no substantiv­e comment, you just belittled someone else. Please, back to your hole.

[hulagirrrl]

07:19 AM on 12/27/2009

In all fairness, the infrastruc­ture has been neglected beginning with Reagan. Look at roads, bridges and so on, that has been a long time coming. Maintainin­g a good sewer system takes a lot of money.

[One more Thing]

11:51 PM on 12/26/2009

Reagan has rusty pipes!

[KossAtl]

11:02 PM on 12/26/2009

At least congress can find time to work on important stuff like getting a college playoff system. DC infrastruc­ture not so much.

[booboo111]

12:57 AM on 12/27/2009

Changing the name from national to Reagan national still disgusts me. Tear down that myth. If it wasn't for the Bushes, Reagan would be the worst president.

[bosunj]

01:02 AM on 12/27/2009

Worst president. Period. Ruined Duhmerica.

[bosunj]

01:03 AM on 12/27/2009

I refuse to call it by its new name. Same with the Bush airport in Texas.

[canoebum]

09:54 PM on 12/26/2009

This is nothing..w­ait till global warming really kicks in..it'll have to become Reagan National Marina!

[Y3rMawm]

10:01 PM on 12/26/2009

Not quite sure how Broken Pipe equates to Global Warming but whatev.

[Franklin Print]

09:44 PM on 12/26/2009

Trickle Down Economics in action.

[AKJM]

10:40 PM on 12/26/2009

he, he, he

[wadenelson1]

09:39 PM on 12/26/2009

Reagan always said "deficits don't matter."

Maybe flooding doesn't matter either. At least not to Republican­s, who go to a special terminal to board their private jets.

[Y3rMawm]

09:59 PM on 12/26/2009

..and the the current congress is doing everything in it's power to apply that philosophy­.

When money originates from the govt, everything it Trickle Down.

[bosunj]

01:05 AM on 12/27/2009

Tinkle down. They're standing there tinkling down on our heads and laughing at us.