electrical failure
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The Falcon 50 aircraft requested an emergency landing because of electrical failure minutes after it took off from the Turkish capital Ankara, but contact was lost, Turkish officials said.
From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025
The Navy previously said an electrical failure could have left the submarine unable to execute emergency procedures to resurface.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2023
In 2019 a massive electrical failure left tens of millions of people in the dark in Argentina as well as neighbouring Uruguay.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2023
Perhaps most worrisome, commuters were trapped on an aerial cable-car system operating in the working-class district of Iztapalapa after an electrical failure.
From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2021
What if there was an electrical failure on board the spacecraft and the astronauts needed to navigate back home by the stars, like the mariners of a simpler age?
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
