Zuko Komisa

OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) has power again after a Thursday night outage.
The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has informed travellers that the airport is fully functional and running on backup power after a brief power outage that affected Gauteng’s Ekurhuleni Metro area.
According to ACSA, Cargo operations, a division of the Department of Transportation, were also proceeding without incident.
“[The] Airport’s electricity supply from the municipality has been restored. Thank you for your patience and understanding. We appreciate your cooperation,” ACSA said in a post on social media platform, X, on Friday.
“The power failure, which occurred at 19:20, was caused by a trip in the municipal grid. The local municipality is currently investigating the cause of the disruption. ACSA is not responsible for identifying the source of the issue, as the power failure lies outside of our control.
“We would like to emphasise that all critical airport services, including terminals, airfield operations, and cargo handling, continue to operate without disruption. The airport’s backup generators kicked in… ensuring there was no impact on airport operations,” ACSA said in a statement.
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