In a press release, Western Energy stated the broken energy pole would take six to eight hours to restore.
“Western Energy is presently working with Perth Airport in response to a storm-related outage which is presently affecting energy provide to a number of thousand clients within the japanese foothills,” it stated.
“As a part of our hazard response our crews have discovered a transmission pole that has been broken leading to excessive voltage conductor hanging near the bottom, posing a security threat.
“To make sure security and restore the pole, a feeder line which provides energy to those areas has been switched off.
“Pole restore is predicted to take between six and eight hours, after which the airport and different affected clients shall be returned to the principle community.
“Western Energy understands Perth Airport has its personal backup generator protocols in place to assist its important operations.”
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