Jets take off and land at Midway Airport on the city's southwest side Friday, June 29, 2012. Passengers were stranded for hours after runway lights went out overnight. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Jets take off and land at Midway Airport on the city's southwest side Friday, June 29, 2012. Passengers were stranded for hours after runway lights went out overnight. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Jets take off and land at Midway Airport on the city's southwest side Friday, June 29, 2012. Passengers were stranded for hours after runway lights went out overnight. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Jets take off and land at Midway Airport on the city's southwest side Friday, June 29, 2012. Passengers were stranded for hours after runway lights went out overnight. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Jets take off and land at Midway Airport on the city's southwest side Friday, June 29, 2012. Passengers were stranded for hours after runway lights went out overnight. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Jets take off and land at Midway Airport on the city's southwest side Friday, June 29, 2012. Passengers were stranded for hours after runway lights went out overnight. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Jets take off and land at Midway Airport on the city's southwest side Friday, June 29, 2012. Passengers were stranded for hours after runway lights went out overnight. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Bungalows near Midway Airport on the Southwest Side. File Photo. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Jets take off and land at Midway Airport on the city's southwest side Friday, June 29, 2012. Passengers were stranded for hours after runway lights went out overnight. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Jets take off and land at Midway Airport on the city's southwest side Friday, June 29, 2012. Passengers were stranded for hours after runway lights went out overnight. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Jets take off and land at Midway Airport on the city's southwest side Friday, June 29, 2012. Passengers were stranded for hours after runway lights went out overnight. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Jets take off and land at Midway Airport on the city's southwest side Friday, June 29, 2012. Passengers were stranded for hours after runway lights went out overnight. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Jets take off and land at Midway Airport on the city's southwest side Friday, June 29, 2012. Passengers were stranded for hours after runway lights went out overnight. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Jets take off and land at Midway Airport on the city's southwest side Friday, June 29, 2012. Passengers were stranded for hours after runway lights went out overnight. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Jets take off and land at Midway Airport on the city's southwest side Friday, June 29, 2012. Passengers were stranded for hours after runway lights went out overnight. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Officials still can’t say why the runway lights at Midway Airport shut down late Thursday night into early Friday morning, affecting some 85 flights. A power outage shut down the runway’s lights about 8:30 p.m. Thursday, causing the airport to close from 9:10 p.m. to …
