Super Bowl power outage: Officials say a breaker cut power to Superdome during Ravens, 49ers game
A partial power outage during the third quarter causes a 34-minute delay in the game during Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Posted: 02/04/2013
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Officials of the utility company supplying power to the Superdome say the Super Bowl outage occurred when sensing equipment detected an "abnormality" in the system.
A statement from Entergy and the Superdome said Sunday that a piece of equipment monitoring electrical load sensed the abnormality and opened a breaker, partially cutting power.
The statement said backup generators kicked in before full power could be restored.
The Super Bowl was delayed for 34 minutes.
FBI Special Agent Michael Anderson said terrorism was not the cause of Sunday night's outage.
In addition, New Orleans Fire Department spokesman Michael Williams said no fire was reported before, during or after the power outage at the Superdome.
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