Airport Power Outage #1:
Power Outage Delays Some Birmingham Flights
Birmingham International Blackout Lasts About An Hour
POSTED: 10:28 am CST February 14, 2004
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- An hour-long electrical power failure at Birmingham International Airport caused some flight delays Saturday morning.
Airport spokesman Patty Howell said the airport lost power for about an hour, temporarily shutting down security checkpoints and affecting 11 outgoing flights.
Howell said the airport's emergency generators kicked in, but weren't programmed to push power through the entire airport. Because of that, the security checkpoints were idled and couldn't screen passengers or luggage.
However, the delayed flights had all departed by late Saturday morning.
http://www.nbc13.com/news/2847914/detail.html Airport Power Outage #2:
Power Outage Cause Tower Trouble (Philadelphia International)
February 19, 2004 — A power outage caused some tower trouble at Philadelphia International Airport overnight.
According to the air traffic controllers union, there was a total loss of power at 3:45 Thursday morning.
The outages darkened all the lights and shut down all the computers, telephones and radar screens.
At the time of the outage five planes were coming in on descent.
Full power was not restored until 11-this morning. An investigation into what caused the failure is underway.
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/021904_nw_airportoutage.htmlNot to worry, If nothing happens, then we can all
Beware the Eids of March!
Good catch.
Hmmmm. That's the report I heard a snippet from yesterday.Theoretically, what would happen to planes in flight if major control towers were shut down?