WABE's Week In Review: Outages cause chaos, delays at 'world's busiest airport' and Kemp on Trump at the RNC

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Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was affected by a widespread communications outage on Friday, July 19, 2024, causing grounded flights and delays for thousands of passengers. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

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WABE's Week In Review: Outages cause chaos, delays at 'world's busiest airport' and Kemp on Trump at the RNC

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