The Federal Aviation Administration issued the ground stop at 10:40 a.m. ET on Mother's Day.
'Departures to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International are grounded due to equipment outage,' the agency said.
The ground stop was issued for flights scheduled to leave from East Coast area airports bound for Atlanta, reported Atlanta News First.
Arrivals were slowed down due to 'a runway equipment issue,' and technicians worked to fix the issue.
The ground stop was lifted shortly before 12:30 p.m., and departures continued to be delayed by 20 minutes.
The FAA's Air Traffic Control System Command Center implemented a traffic management program at the travel hub.
'There is a Traffic Management Program in effect for traffic arriving Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport,' said the FAA.
'Because a traffic management program is delaying some arriving flights, departing flight schedules may be affected.'
At least 410 flights have been delayed and five canceled by 1 p.m. at the Atlanta airport, according to FlightAware.
The chaos in Atlanta comes as New Jersey's Newark Airport has been hit with massive delays for two weeks.
Radar screens went dark at the New York City area travel hub early Friday during a close call that nearly became a midair disaster.
The momentary power outage hit at 3:55 a.m. ET, when air traffic was luckily very light, and lasted for about for 90 seconds.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a statement on X Friday, revealing the blackout was caused by a 'telecommunications outage' at Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) Area C.
This control center, located 90 miles away at the Philadelphia International Airport, manages air traffic for Newark Airport and smaller airports nearby.
It's the second radar blackout to hit Newark in the past two weeks. The previous outage truck the airport's air traffic control tower on April 28, causing computer screens to go dark for 60 to 90 seconds.
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