electrical failure

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Tolga Tuzun Inan of Istanbul-based Bahcesehir University said a single electrical failure would not leave an aircraft completely dark.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Set in 1957, it follows a young Royal Air Force pilot returning home for Christmas who runs into trouble when his plane suffers electrical failure.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2023

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