Nassau, Bahamas - Thursday, May 9, 2013 -
The Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) informs the general public
that it is not responsible for the reported "power failure" at the
Lynden Pindling International Airport(LPIA) on Thursday morning; May 9,
2013.

BEC maintains that the
temporary loss of power to the airport was due to a failure of equipment
owned and operated by the Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD). BEC
notes that a controlled shutdown of the airport's electricity supply
was requested by NAD and accommodated by BEC. At 6:15 Thursday morning,
LPIA was taken off BEC's electrical grid. During this time, back-up
generation was to be used

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