Passengers at Oakland International Airport were in for a hectic night as a power outage caused delays in flights, security lines and problems with baggage claims on Tuesday night Users first reported the power outage around 6:30 p.m. local time — and problems persisted for hours Advertisement “For anyone flying out of Oakland tonight, the airport just lost power The captain said the engineers are trying to get the generators up now,” one user tweeted Users shared their flights had been delayed for hours, and others shared that security lines were slow-moving “Stuck on @SouthwestAir flight 2585 nonstop from Orlando for 8 hours now,” one user tweeted [More U.S. News] At least 11 injured in New Orleans shooting » Some shared problems trying to get their luggage amid the chaotic power outage “Hi our bags are stuck at Oakland airport due to power outage,” one user said. One user said staff were checking people in to their flights with pen and paper [More U.S. News] Contagious urine shipment leads to evacuation of Washington State movie theater » The airport is currently investigating exactly what caused the power outage Tuesday night, a spokesperson said in a statement to the Daily News Oakland International Airport first confirmed the issue on social media around 7:30 p m. Tuesday, and said staff were working to resolve the power outage. “Attention customers Currently there is a power outage affecting the airport. OAK staff are working to resolve the issue Please check with your airline for flight status. Updates to this issue will be made as information is received,” the airport said in a statement Attention customers. Currently there is a power outage affecting the airport. OAK staff are working to resolve the issue Please check with your airline for flight status. Updates to this issue will be made as information is received — Oakland Intl Airport (@IFlyOAKland) November 27, 2019 Around 8:10 p.m., the airport said that power was restored to a “majority of the terminal” complex, and staff were working to resolve the rest of systemic issues Most Read Red Auerbach fired a Celtics ballboy for being a Knicks fan, but the ballboy got the last laugh FedEx booted worker after he took approved leave for surgery: lawsuit Drunk Kid Rock hauled off stage after profanity-laced anti-Oprah rant “Power has been restored to the majority of the terminal complex @ OAK and staff continues to work to bring the entire facility back online We urge customers to check in with their airline for the latest flight information,” the airport said Around 8:30, the airport said both arriving and departing flights were operating, and only “sporadic” outages remained [More U.S. News] 9 killed, 3 injured in turboprop plane crash in South Dakota: officials » “Screening checkpoints are open Please check with your airline for flight updates. We apologize for this inconvenience,” the airport said Power was fully restored to the airport’s terminals around 10 p.m., and “operations were running smoothly this morning,” a spokesperson told The News Wednesday Advertisement Approximately 1,400 passengers rescheduled flights from Tuesday night to Wednesday, adding to what the airport anticipates as the busiest travel day of the Thanksgiving holiday, a spokesperson told The News Around 47,000 passengers were already expected to travel through the airport Wednesday