Bangalore airport has no power, flights return

Hundreds of passengers were put to inconvenience due to a blackout at the HAL airport here on Tuesday. Three flights could not land as the runway lights went off for a few seconds forcing two flights to redirect to Chennai and one to Hyderabad.

A Kingfisher (414) flight from Chennai was to land at the airport at around 8.15 pm on Tuesday. However, the pilot couldn't see the runway lights and he circled around the city for almost five minutes. Later, he could see the runway lights but couldn't land as the weather was bad. He had to redirect the flight to Chennai.

According to officials at the airport, the blackout lasted for only a few seconds and the power was restored in seven seconds, which is the time for their backup to switch on.

"There have been earlier incidents when power has gone off and the flights have been forced to circle around, but a backup facility switches on the lights in seven seconds.

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