Power outage at MMIA rectified — FAAN

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has said that the power outage experienced yesterday November 18 at some sections of the International Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos has since been rectified by its team of engineers and power has been restored at the airport.

In a press statement, the General Manager, Corporate Communications, Mr. Yakubu Dati, said preliminary investigation revealed that the outage was caused by power surge from the power line supplying MMA and surrounding communities.

“After restoring power  to the affected parts of the terminal, our engineers mobilized immediately to trace affected equipment and assess the levels of damage to them.
We wish to state that flight schedules at the terminal were not affected by this outage, as efforts were made by our Operations Directorate to ensure that passenger facilitation was not unduly hampered.” Dati said.

The Authority regrets any inconvenience the said outage caused passengers, airliners and other airport users, the statement read.