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  • Airport Explosion: Atlanta International Evacuated

    An explosion at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta caused portions of the building to be evacuated on Tuesday. An electrical explosion occurred in a maintenance shed near gate D21 at around 8:40 am. No one was injured in blast.

    According to a Reuters report, the explosion caused only “minor” damage. The blast cut off power in airport Concourse D, which was evacuated briefly.

    The cause of the blast is now under investigation. The incident, according to Reuters, appears not to have caused any flight delays.

    The airport announced the incident via its Twitter account. Concourse D is now open, with full power and air conditioning restored:

    Hartsfield-Jackson is one of the largest airports in the world. It serves as a major hub for air travel throughout the eastern U.S.

  • Hartsfield-Jackson Airport (ATL) Hits a Million Check-ins on Foursquare (That’s a First)

    Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is known as the world’s busiest airport, serving over 250,000 passengers daily and over 900,000 flights in the course of a year. Now, it has another distinction:

    The most popular place on Foursquare.

    Today, Hartsfield-Jackson became the first location (of any type) to ever log 1 million check-ins. As of the writing of this article, Hartsfield-Jackson has 1,001,776 total check-ins from 280,746 different people. Foursquare users have also left nearly 2,500 tips for the airport and uploaded over 7,200 photos.

    In honor of the milestone, Foursquare is sharing some interesting stats about the airport based on its 1 million+ check-ins.

    For instance – Terminal B sees the most traffic, and Mondays is the busiest day to fly. One Flew South is the most popular restaurant inside the airport, and people love to look at a particular collection of Zimbabwean sculptures while they wait.

    Foursquare has also provided a heatmap of check-ins at the airport, no doubt coming from their 500M check-in map project, just launched last month.

    Cool stuff.

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