Blackout during World Cup opening

JAKARTA: Residents of several parts of Greater Jakarta were disappointed on Friday evening when there was a power failure in their areas, making them miss the televised opening of the World Cup and the following first match between France and Senegal, reports said.

El Shinta radio quoted an official from state electricity company PLN as saying that the outage was due to several technical problems, and that power would be restored at around 7:30 p.m. or 8 p.m. Friday.

"It could take some time to fix. We are working on it," the official was quoted by the radio station as saying.

Several residents complained to the radio station, saying they were irritated because they had missed the soccer match.--JP