KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 — Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has been directed to recheck the entire electrical infrastructure at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) to ensure operations are not disrupted in the event of any untoward incident.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the measure was important as preliminary investigations revealed that the cause of the electricity supply disruption at KLIA Terminal 2 yesterday was wiring and cables that caught fire due to overheating.
“I directed MAHB to review the entire electric infrastructure so that if anything happens, our operations are not interrupted and electricity will always be supplied.
“What is important is that we need to ensure the backup system is activated immediately, no matter the situation. They took 28 minutes to restore the electricity supply, something that is too long and too hard to accept,” he said in a Facebook video post yesterday.
On Thursday (August 28), MAHB confirmed a temporary electricity supply disruption at KLIA Terminal 2 following a flashover incident involving cable termination, but assured that airport operations were unaffected as vital systems continued to function without interruption.
