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Blackout at Brussels Airport, passengers left stranded

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Since 4:00 this morning Brussels Airport is facing a major blackout. Passengers are left stranded outside the airport, they are not allowed to enter the building. The terminal is completely “dark”. Passengers on twitter are complaining about the complete “lack of communication” by the airport authorities.

04:00 Major blackout: terminal without power, even runway lights are not working.

06:00 luchtzak.be editor André Orban is waiting outside the airport, with his flight leaving in 30 minutes.

06:37 no communication from the airport authorities yet, passengers are complaining about ‘lack of communication’.

06:41 airport workers distribute water bottles to stranded passengers.

06:50 a passenger tweeted: blackout again, somebody came to explain. Let’s wait outside.

07:00 all flights have been delayed, passengers keep on complaining about the “lack of communication”.

07:15 power seems to be back up, flights are delayed.

Forum discussion: http://www.luchtzak.be/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=61689 

This post was published on 15 June 2017 05:39

Bart Noëth

Working for 25 years in the aviation industry, I changed my career and became a firefighter/EMT in 2021. I like to spend my free time with my two sons, girlfriend, family and friends. I love to travel, wine and dine and support my favourite football squad KV Mechelen. Once an Ironman 70.3 finisher and dreaming of completing a full distance.

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