<M.Dexter@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:0n7ul2hgvf1g5lront0j6qbpdg2hlnq23i@4ax.com[color=blue]
> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:23:47 -0000, "Ivor Jones"
> <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
>
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> > The power failure to which I
> > refer was caused by a freight aircraft crashing into
> > power lines and taking out a large portion of the local
> > grid.[/color]
> Couldn't happen here all our power supply cables are
> under ground I need to travel around four miles in three
> directions and must be about six in the other before
> seeing any power cables strung up on poles.[/color]

The crash was just outside Coventry, over 10 miles away and was into
ultra-high voltage long distance distribution lines. As I said, a large
proportion of the local grid went out. Not many 400kV lines are
underground.

Ivor