Posted on: Wednesday, April 9, 2003

Kahului Airport runway lights fixed, officials say

Advertiser Staff

WAILUKU, Maui — A short circuit or loose wiring may have been responsible for the runway lights at Kahului Airport going out twice last week, officials said.

Airport officials checked the wiring this week and believe the problem has been fixed, said Maui airports manager Jon Sakamoto.

"We think we've got it resolved, but we'll be monitoring tonight to be sure," Sakamoto said.

The lights went out at the two runways from about 7 p.m. to 7:50 p.m. Sunday. At least one Aloha Airlines flight had to circle the airport until the lights were turned back on.

Sakamoto said the runway lights also went off on Saturday for a couple of minutes, but no problems were reported.