RP airport power outage

Mon, 29 Jan 2001, 00:00 WIB | Source: AP

MANILA (AP): An accidental explosion destroyed an electrical
cable and triggered a power outage and crippled operations for
more than an hour at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport
on Sunday, officials said.

Airport officials ruled out sabotage and speculated the
explosion may have been caused by a spark from a faulty cable
igniting underground gases.

The power outage shut a central air conditioning system,
baggage conveyors and most computers, halting services and
inconveniencing hundreds of plane passengers, witnesses said.

News of the explosion and the sight of security personnel
moving around to restore order also scared many people at the
airport. The airport was one of five places struck by powerful
bomb attacks that killed 22 people and injured more than 120
people on Dec. 30.

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