Major power outage disrupts flights at Schiphol airport
Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport suffered delays, cancellations and diversions on Friday after a major power cut hit the Dutch capital and surrounding areas.
An airport spokeswoman said incoming flights had been diverted to other regional airports, and all outbound flights from the airport were delayed.
A number of fights were cancelled after the power outage, which lasted five hours, affected the airport as well as hospitals, trains, trams and the metro.
The electricity network operator, Tennet, said the outage was caused by a grid ‘overload’ at a high-voltage power station in the town of Diemen, reported Sky.
Flight statistic website, Flight Aware,also reported 144 flights delayed and 30 cancelled on Sunday at the Dutch airport.
Diane
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