Airport – The operations of Princess Juliana International Airport were affected on the evening of July 3, 2007 due to the outage of the runway lighting. One flight was cancelled, two flights were delayed and one flight diverted to Anguilla.
The outage was due to damage done to the electrical cables for the runway lighting. The cause of the damage is being investigated and measures will be taken to prevent a similar situation from happening again.
At approximately 7:30 pm the outage of the runway lighting was noticed and reported. Our technical department investigated the matter and repairs started soon thereafter. At approximately 8:50 pm one phase of the runway lighting was repaired and operations of the airport resumed as normal.
We regret the unfortunate situation caused by the outage and apologize for any inconvenience caused as a result of this.
Princess Juliana International Airport operating company N.V.
Simpson Bay
drs. Eugene B. Holiday
President