electrical failure

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Turkish authorities have said the plane had an electrical failure, but added that the investigation into the cause of the crash will be conducted by a "neutral country", possibly Germany.

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 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 group also promotes security standards requiring utilities to protect transmission stations and substations that, if attacked, would result in instability, uncontrolled separation from the grid or a cascading electrical failure.

From Washington Times • Feb. 23, 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