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Phuket Airport Power Outage Sparks Investigation


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50 minutes ago, webfact said:

moving about in the dark, though the scene remained orderly with no signs of panic.

Well most would be used to power cuts in Thailand. Seems it was handled well and the emergency systems actually worked.

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2 hours ago, webfact said:

The incident was attributed to a fault in the Provincial Electricity Authority’s (PEA) transmission system.

 

Happens in most parts of Thailand when it's windy or raining..... Can they not fix this permanently, it's annoying.

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4 hours ago, webfact said:

In response to the blackout, the airport's standby generators immediately kicked in, ensuring that critical systems, including those related to flight operations, remained functional. As a result, there were no significant delays or cancellations impacting aircraft services

Nuff said... 

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Happens often in my area. The PEA men eventually arrive downstreet and replace a big fuse in one of the transmission lines.

In other cases, the first torrential rain of the season causes an outage in a large substation affecting much of the town and suburbs. Whatever it is gets fixed and back online in a few hours.

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8 hours ago, watchcat said:

Happens in most parts of Thailand when it's windy or raining..... Can they not fix this permanently, it's annoying.

Should be rare if they lay cables for the low/medium voltage stuff in the ground as happens at the more developed areas. No more transformers hanging on poles etc. No trees tearing down cables...

 

The high voltage lines are should not be that prone to weather conditions.

(the report speaks against as 115 kV is not what is hanging on low poles around the roads)

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11 hours ago, webfact said:

underlines the importance of robust backup systems

No word about the essential flight control systems?

Were the batteries full this time? (some years ago they had a complete blackout at Suvarnabhumi with backup failing)

 

Runway lighting affected?

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