New Governor sweats it out at powerless airport

Chennai: People across the state might be waiting to host the new Governor K Rosaiah, but on a warm Friday forenoon at the Chennai airport, he was made to wait in a lounge devoid of electricity due to a power outage followed by a generator failure. Rosaiah was slated to depart by the 10.50 am Air India flight to Vishakapatnam and had arrived at the VVIP gate (No 5) a little after 10.10 am.
According to sources in airport security, his security detail accompanied him into the VIP lounge, where he was supposed to relax till all the other passengers had cleared security and boarded the flight. However, the source revealed that there was a sudden power cut and the automatic generator did not turn on. After five minutes of waiting for it, AAI technicians were summoned to fix it. It apparently turned out to be a major fault and took over 40 minutes to repair. “During this time, the Governor had to sweat it out in the enclosed lounge which had little ventilation,” revealed the source.
“The governor’s departure was a last minute fixture and we were not expecting him to come,” explained Airport Director E P Hareendranath.
17/09/11 Indian Express/IBN Live

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Categories: airports Sep 2011