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Runway blackout causes air travel chaos at Auckland
Nov 27, 2010, 20:37 GMT
Wellington - An electrical fault which blacked out the runway lights caused nearly 20 flights to be diverted from Auckland International Airport, disrupting hundreds of passengers over the weekend.
The lights went out 90 minutes before midnight Saturday and incoming flights were diverted to Wellington, Hamilton and Christchurch, while a flight from Chile turned back to land in Tahiti.
Landings resumed at 4:20 am Sunday when a flight from Samoa touched down.
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