Power outage likely to delay some flights at Dublin Airport

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Homepagenews A power outage is affecting some services at Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport (Niall Carson/PA)

Sun, 15 Sep, 2024 - 09:27

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David Kent and Jonathan McCambridge

The operator of Dublin Airport has said that a power outage on Sunday morning that was causing delays has now been resolved.

An ESB power outage in the North County Dublin area resulted in a loss of power in parts of Terminal 2. The nature of the outage caused an issue with the airport's back-up generators, which resulted in some delays for passengers checking-in at T2.

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Most flight operations continued as normal throughout the incident.

A statement from the Dublin Airport Authority (Daa) said that the teams worked to resolve the issue.

It read: "daa apologises to all passengers who were inconvenienced by this morning's issues.

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"Dublin Airport's teams worked to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and to ensure the return of power to T2.

"Following the resumption of power to T2, queues continue to ease but some delays are likely for the remainder of Sunday morning.

"As always, passengers seeking updates regarding specific flights should contact their airline directly."

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