Runway lights outage
affects airport operation
AIRPORT--The operations of Princess Juliana International Airport were affected on the evening of July 3 due to the outage of the runway lighting. One flight was cancelled, two flights were delayed and one flight diverted to Anguilla, Princess Juliana International Airport Operating Company informed on Wednesday.
The outage was due to damage done to the electrical cables for the runway lighting. The cause of the damage is being investigated and measures will be taken to prevent a similar situation from happening again.
At approximately 7:30pm, the outage of the runway lighting was noticed and reported. “Our technical department investigated the matter and repairs started soon thereafter. At approximately 8:50pm, one phase of the runway lighting was repaired and operations of the airport resumed as normal,” the press release stated.
