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Mexico
City airport shuts down for
hours due to power failure
A power failure knocked out a
radar system at the Mexican
City's airport Saturday, leading
to the closure of the airport
for nearly three hours,
officials said.
Some 20 departures were delayed
or canceled, and 12 scheduled
arrivals were diverted to the
western cities of Acapulco and
Guadalajara or Veracruz on the
Gulf coast.
Flights also landed in the
northern city of Monterrey and
in Morelia, in central Michoacan
state.
A technical problem at a power
substation caused one of the
control tower's radar systems to
go dark at about 4:15 p.m. local
time (2215 GMT).
The airport reopened just before
7 p.m.
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