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Cable Fire Cuts Power at Stuttgart Airport, Disrupting Flights After Runway Lights Fail

Morning departures face cancellations during an ongoing assessment of damage to airport power systems.

Overview

  • A fire in a non-terminal operations building disabled parts of the power supply, knocking out runway lighting and halting all flights for about an hour Wednesday evening.
  • The runway reopened later for arrivals, but airlines canceled many departures and warned of continued schedule uncertainty into Thursday.
  • Several inbound flights diverted to Nuremberg, Munich, or Frankfurt, and a few aircraft received special permission to land in Stuttgart after the usual 11:30 p.m. cutoff.
  • No passengers were injured, and two firefighters were taken to a hospital for precautionary checks due to smoke exposure.
  • The airport operator said the cause and full extent of damage remain under review and reported 36 cancellations on Wednesday plus at least 11 more early Thursday, urging passengers to check with their airlines.