Chennai: Low voltage isn’t just a household issue. It can bring entire establishments to their knees, which is precisely what happened at the International terminal of the Chennai airport, a little before midnight on Sunday. At 11.35 pm, main line power supply took a beating and the entire terminal was hit with voltage fluctuation, which in turn took down every single system in the building — from the much-hyped in-line baggage scanning system to basic toilet lighting. The low voltage lasted for over five hours and as many as 10 international long haul flights were delayed in the process.
E Prashanth, who was slated to fly to Bangkok had been in the airport since 10.30 pm, described it thus, “The escalators were not working. A few were moving slowly but the guards advised against using them. The automatic baggage scanning system was not working, so we had to lug our bags to the security check-in and do a manual check. I don’t think I’ve ever seen any international terminal like this in my life.”
Possibly the biggest hang-up of these rather premature Monday morning blues (as it lasted well into the wee hours), was that the luggage conveyor belts went dead.
17/06/14 Daniel Thimmayya/New Indian Express
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E Prashanth, who was slated to fly to Bangkok had been in the airport since 10.30 pm, described it thus, “The escalators were not working. A few were moving slowly but the guards advised against using them. The automatic baggage scanning system was not working, so we had to lug our bags to the security check-in and do a manual check. I don’t think I’ve ever seen any international terminal like this in my life.”
Possibly the biggest hang-up of these rather premature Monday morning blues (as it lasted well into the wee hours), was that the luggage conveyor belts went dead.
17/06/14 Daniel Thimmayya/New Indian Express
