UPDATE 2-Netherlands hit by power cut; Schiphol airport cancels all flights

[jakeXT]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - A major power outage hit large parts of Amsterdam and the surrounding province of North Holland on Friday, prompting the cancellation of all flights to and from the city's Schiphol airport.

An hour and a half after the outage hit, Dutch grid operator TenneT said power had been restored to some parts of the densely populated region.

The outage was caused by a "technical fault" at a substation in the Amsterdam suburb of Diemen, it said on its Twitter feed.

Flights to Schiphol, Europe's fourth largest airport, were being diverted to other regional airports, a spokeswoman said.

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/03/27/dutch-power-outages-idUKL6N0WT1DI20150327

[DFW]

1. This has not been a good week for airports in my area

First the German Wings flight last Tuesday, then this, which will almost certainly have sent a few dozen extra flights here to Düsseldorf, which is already one hell of a crowded (though mostly well-run) airport.