The Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) confirmed early on Monday that runway lights and navigational aids were returned to service at Cape Town International Airport at about 1am, allowing safe aircraft landings.
This follows a power outage at the airport on Sunday which impacted runway lights, airside fire rescue and air traffic navigation services.
Flights were not able to land or depart and were diverted to other airports in the Acsa network.
It said shortly before 7am the restoration of power allowed 11 aircraft to land.
Passengers shared how they were stranded for hours:
This has been the most traumatic 5 hours of waiting for the @FlySafair flight that was sent back to Joburg to get to Cape Town. The lack of communication and consideration for how cold it was at the airport was highly appalling. We just landed in CPT 04:40 🫣
— Zolani Shangase (@StarShangase) July 29, 2024
We have been stuck @ PE since 10pm and literally slept on the airport chairs after being told at 12am there is nothing @Fly_Airlink can do as it’s not their fault. Offering a 1pm flight is a No no
— I_am_Aggy M...💅 (@Aggylicious1) July 29, 2024
My son is now already almost 7 hours on FA624 from Joburg to Capetown. They sitting in your aircraft on Gqeberha airport. Don't you think they must just walk into the airport building and wait until they can fly to Capetown or sleep over in PE. No Acsa employees on standby
— Mike (@nuutge) July 28, 2024
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