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
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
The German-built submarine is believed to have plunged to a depth of 2,000 feet or more, said Indonesian officials who believed the incident may have been the result of an electrical failure.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 23, 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
