A major power outage on Sunday blacked out the Greater Malé region, including Malé, Hulhumalé and Velana International Airport, after a technical fault caused an 'earth fault' and a complete grid shutdown. Airport operations continued on backup generators while engineers worked to restore power.
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A major power outage affected the Greater Malé region on Sunday, including Malé, Hulhumalé, and Velana International Airport.
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Due to a total blackout, the checkups required to be completed before re-energising the Greater Malé grid are now underway.
As soon as the checkups are completed, the energising of the gensets will continue. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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