electrical failure
Example Sentences
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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
Emergency overflows are supposed to be used only in critical situations, such as if there is an electrical failure at a pumping station.
From BBC • Aug. 9, 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 navy has said an electrical failure could have left the submarine unable to execute emergency procedures to resurface.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 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
