2023-07-26 10:19:01
DIG/ We now know exactly what caused the 24-hour closure of Léon Mba International Airport and the cancellation of all domestic and international flights on July 25, 2023.
According to SEEG’s explanations, this damage resulted from an incident that occurred on the section of the MV network between the Orchidée hotel and the Cité Asecna. Which led to the lack of electricity in the Orchid hotel area, Asecna power plant and Asecna city.
“This incident was caused by an underground network cable fault upstream and downstream of the Asecna.
As soon as the incident occurred, the technical teams were deployed overnight to search for faults between the Ambowé source substation and the Angondjé north substation.
The first fault was located at 1h24min and the second quoted Asecna at 4h00.
All of the actions carried out on the network enabled priority resupply of the Asecna power plant at 12:52 p.m., the city of Asecna and the Gab’Oil station at 3:56 p.m. explained the SEEG in a press release. before apologizing.
“Aware of the inconvenience caused, the SEEG expresses its regrets to the impacted customers”
According to concordant sources, traffic should resume this Wednesday at 7:05 a.m.
However, this serious incident will not be without financial consequences for the State and the airlines.
We are already talking about hundreds of millions of francs in losses.
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