Massive blackout caused by fire in an electrical substation leaves nearly 28,000 without power in Southern California and forces John Wayne Airport to ground all flights
- John Wayne Airport in Orange County diverted all arriving flights and cancelled departing flights after the outage hit at around 7.30pm Friday
- On Saturday, the airport announced at roughly 6.40m that the airport was back fully functioning
- The airport was affected by a Southern California Edison power outage that was centered in nearby Irvine and affected more than 28,000 customers
- Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said that some 12,000 customers were affected in their areas at approximately 9pm on Friday
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 7.30pm Friday.
The airport’s emergency power kicked in after about a half-hour but flights still remained grounded. Other flights were diverted to other airports as a means to alleviate the chaos.
John Wayne Airport in Orange County diverted all arriving flights and cancelled departing flights after the outage hit at around 7.30pm Friday
On Saturday, the airport announced at roughly 6.40m that the airport was back fully functioning. People struggle to see in the airport on Friday night
On Saturday, the airport announced at roughly 6.40m that the airport was back fully functioning.
The airport was affected by a Southern California Edison power outage that was centered in nearby Irvine and affected more than 28,000 customers. The outage was caused by a fire in an electrical substation.
The Orange County Fire Authority released photos of the fire and said that they were in ‘unified command’ with the Irvine Police Department and Southern California Edison on working to tackle the fire.
The airport was affected by a Southern California Edison power outage that was caused by a fire in an electrical substation
The Orange County Fire Authority released photos of the fire and said that they were in ‘unified command’ with the Irvine Police Department and Southern California Edison on working to tackle the fire
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said that some 12,000 customers were affected in their areas at approximately 9pm on Friday.
‘Mylar balloons made contact and severed power lines, dropping onto higher voltage lines and impacting a power distribution station in the area,’ they added in their tweet. ‘We have multiple crews working on restoration.’
The utility estimates power will be restored by Saturday morning.
People share photos of the blackout in their city
Passengers wait with frustration for the airport to resume service
Businesses in Irvine were closed for most of the night as a result of the outage
