Atlanta airport travelers stuck in long TSA wait lines

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PHOTOS: Atlanta airport travelers stuck in long TSA wait lines

AJC PHOTOS: A shortage of TSA workers at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport left air travelers dealing with a much longer than usual security wait.

1/14/19 - Atlanta - People waited more than two hours in line before going through security at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Lines wrapped around the baggage claim area and throughout the rest of the airport. Today marks day 24 that the government has been partially shutdown. Some travelers did not realize the shutdown was occurring and were surprised by the long lines. EMILY HANEY / emily.haney@ajc.com

1/14/19 - Atlanta - Airport workers help to make sure travelers have all the documents needed required to fly in the hopes of speeding up the lines at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. People waited more than two hours in line before going through security. Lines wrapped around the baggage claim area and throughout the rest of the airport. Today marks day 24 that the government has been partially shutdown. Some travelers did not realize the shutdown was occurring and were surprised by the long lines. EMILY HANEY / emily.haney@ajc.com

1/14/19 - Atlanta - Travelers waited more than two hours in line before going through security at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Lines wrapped around the airport including the baggage claim area. Today marks day 24 that the government has been partially shutdown. Some travelers did not realize the shutdown was occurring and were surprised by the long lines. EMILY HANEY / emily.haney@ajc.com

1/14/19 - Atlanta - People waited more than two hours in line before going through security at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Lines wrapped around the baggage claim area and throughout the rest of the airport. Today marks day 24 that the government has been partially shutdown. Some travelers did not realize the shutdown was occurring and were surprised by the long lines. EMILY HANEY / emily.haney@ajc.com

1/14/19 - Atlanta - Travelers document the line while waiting to go through security at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Some waited more than two hours before going through security. Lines wrapped around the baggage claim area and throughout the rest of the airport. Today marks day 24 that the government has been partially shutdown. Some travelers did not realize the shutdown was occurring and were surprised by the long lines. EMILY HANEY / emily.haney@ajc.com

1/14/19 - Atlanta - Travelers waited more than two hours in line before going through security at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Lines wrapped around the airport including the baggage claim area. Today marks day 24 that the government has been partially shutdown. Some travelers did not realize the shutdown was occurring and were surprised by the long lines. EMILY HANEY / emily.haney@ajc.com

January 14, 2019 Atlanta: Air traffic controller, Scott Cail-Forrest (right) and fellow controllers passed out brochures to travelers at the north domestic terminal. Air Traffic controllers rallied and handed out leaflets to travelers on Monday Jan. 14, 2019 at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport domestic terminals calling for an end to the federal shutdown. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

January 14, 2019 Atlanta: Air Traffic controllers rallied and handed out leaflets to travelers on Monday Jan. 14, 2019 at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport domestic terminals calling for an end to the federal shutdown. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Air traffic controller Rafael Naveira and fellow ATC workers protest the federal shutdown at the north terminal.

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