Associated Press An aircraft preparing to land at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, in this Sept. 8, 2012, file photo.An electrical power failure at the Indian capital’s main airport disrupted the radar system on Friday, delaying some flights.
“There was a power failure,†which was rectified quickly, said Harbhajan Singh, the public relations officer of the Airports Authority of India.
He explained that the Indira Gandhi International Airport has a three-tier system for electricity so when the power went out, the airport switched from the main supply to one of its two standby sources. The Airports Athority said in a statement that the power supply switched over from 12:21 p.m. to 12:31 p.m., but travelers reported experiencing much longer delays.
The power failure affected the servers that control the radar system, said Arun Mishra, director general of Civil Aviation, the regulatory body for airlines.
Mr. Mishra said the servers were affected for about 30 minutes in the morning, starting from about 6:50 a.m.
The Airports Authority of India denied in a statement that the radar system had failed, saying that flight arrivals had continued normally, although a few departures were delayed.
A spokesman from Air India said that four of the national air carrier’s flights were delayed by 10 minutes because of the radar problem.
Two New York Times reporters aboard an Allahabad-bound flight operated by the domestic airline Spicejet had to wait for an hour and a half on the runway before the plane took off from the Delhi airport.
The same ! airport last month handled 73 flights within an hour, which is believed to be a record for an Indian airport, according to a Press Trust of India report.
Spokespersons at the ministries of Civil Aviation and Home Affairs said that they had no immediate information about the power failure.
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