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Power outage grounds flights at Southern California airport
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Original Publication Date: August 2, 2019 2:15PM
Publication Updated: April 20, 2025 3:36AM
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Southern California airport has cancelled all flights after a power outage left all its terminals in the dark.
John Wayne Airport in Orange County diverted all arriving flights and cancelled departing flights after the outage hit at around 7:30 p.m. Friday.
The airport’s emergency power kicked in after about a half-hour but flights still remained grounded.
The airport was affected by a Southern California Edison power outage that was centred in nearby Irvine and affected more than 28,000 customers. The outage was caused by a fire in an electrical substation.
The utility estimates power will be restored by Saturday morning.
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