electrical failure
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General Mohammed al-Haddad and his four aides died on Tuesday after a visit to Ankara, with Turkish officials saying an electrical failure caused their plane to crash less than 15 minutes after takeoff.
From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025
Later the same year, there was a mechanical and electrical failure which led to more sewage flowing into Clackers Brook.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2024
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
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
