Amsterdam Experiences Power Outage, Schiphol Cancel Flights
19 October 2018 15:33 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Amsterdam - A major power outage hit Amsterdam and surrounding areas on Friday, March 27, 2015, as Dutch grid operator TenneT reported an overload on its power lines.
The ANP news agency said that the outage, which covered large parts of the province of North Holland including the nearby broadcasting centre of Hilversum, was caused by a fault at a high-voltage electricity substation in the Amsterdam suburb of Diemen.
TenneT could not immediately be reached for comment on how long the outage might last.
All flights to and from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport were cancelled following the power outage, an airport spokeswoman said.
She said all incoming flights to Europe's fourth largest airport were being diverted to other regional airports.
"We are experiencing a lot of problems due to the outage," she said.
In addition, large numbers of passenger trains were cancelled across the country and traffic lights in the region were also affected while hospitals were forced to operate using backup power supply, NOS public television reported.
REUTERS