Blackout during World Cup opening

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