Frustrated travellers have slammed a power outage at a major Aussie airport as a “clown show” after computers and screening technology were impacted, leading to delays.
A fatal crash on SH 71 near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport caused major traffic delays Wednesday morning resulting in many people missing flights.
Frustrated customers at Sydney Airport took to social media to vent their frustrations, when power dropped at terminal two, taking aim at the airport.
One person posted to X – formerly known as Twitter – claiming: “Clown show is currently in progress … time for it to be taken back into public hands.”
Another said technology seemed to have stopped working at the bag drop at a Virgin Australia terminal.
“Computers stop working, security screening stations not working, lights dropping out … and yet flights are still closing and leaving despite some very distressed people in the lines!,” they wrote.
One other user said that the airport was going to find themselves out of pocket thanks to the outage.
“‘Gonna be a lot of compensation for a lot of customers,” they wrote.
A Sydney Airport spokesperson however said that it didn’t take long to get back up and running and no flights should have been missed.
“Earlier this morning there was a brief power outage that temporarily affected some check-in and security processes,” they said.
“Power was quickly restored and there have been no knock-on impacts to airport operations or flight departures.”
Sydney airport today has power outage issues at Terminal Two. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Swift
This was disputed by one Virgin passenger though on Twitter.
“My flight left without me, but I was rebooked onto a flight tonight,” they wrote. “Not everyone was so lucky as there were only a couple of seats left to Brisbane today.”
A Virgin spokesperson said they were sorry for any disruption customers faced, but said the incident was out of their control.
“We are aware of a Sydney Airport power outage affecting all airlines operating in Terminal two,” they said.
“We regret the inconvenience this has caused our passengers and we are working hard to recover any guests impacted by the airport outage.
“We will refer you to Sydney Airport for any queries you have on the possible cause.”
