More than 20 flights were affected In the Dominican Republic after a five -hour electrical failure at the main airport in the country, said the administrator of the air terminal.
Hundreds of people agglomerated at Las Américas International Airport (Aila) In Santo Domingo in the middle of the delays by the Electrical failure which affected the operations from 09h00 to 2:00 p.m. (13h00-1800 GMT).
“They changed the flight for 04h00 in the afternoon (20h00 GMT) and now they canceled it,” he told AFP Erika Vargas41, who was waiting to go to Miami.
The administrator company Dominican airports (Aerodom) He indicated that the fault occurred “in one of the internal sectioners, so that cutting had nothing to do with external electricity.”
- “This caused more than 20 flights to be affected,” said the Communications Director of AerodomLuis José López.
Deviant flights
Some of the flights that had Santo Domingo destination were diverted to the airports of Cana tip and Santiago.
Aerodom He said that operations began to be “gradually” after a “partial recovery of energy” and reported the arrival and exit of Two flights After the interruption of operations.
“Our teams continue to work tirelessly to completely restore operations,” he said. The authorities announced that they will investigate the causes that caused the fault
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