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There were reports that Newcastle Airport had no power for 15 minutes. Was that totally correct? What about the essential services standby? An airport as big as NCL would probably have no-break stand-by or at least a very short break stand-by, I forget the exact requirement in seconds.....if that failed then the airport has a lot to do to keep its approach category and perhaps its licence.
I am pretty sure the critical components such as ILS are backed up by generators. Its the rest of the airport going down that causes disruption. Loading, computers, fuel etc.