Passengers flying to RIC from Atlanta ‘banded together’ in long security lines

Passengers like Tammy Sullivan and Trella Hundley spent the night at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after missing their flights to Richmond International Airport.

“I arrived at the airport yesterday [Sunday] evening at a quarter after 7. My flight was at 9 last night. They ended up taking off 5 minutes early. I didn’t make my flight. My flight took off and landed before I even got through security. I didn’t get through security until 2 o’clock this morning,” Sullivan said.

CBS News reports more than 11.5 percent of TSA agents nationwide called out on Saturday when they failed to receive a second paycheck.

Hundley and her family arrived three hours early to make it through long security lines at the nation’s busiest air travel hub during the partial government shutdown.

“We got our flights changed to 10:45 pm. [Sunday]. Nope, didn’t make it. Had to get our flight changed to 7:25 a.m. [Monday]. We slept in the airport. I’ve never slept in the airport,” Hundley said.

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