Passengers escorted off disabled Sky Train at Phoenix airport

PHOENIX (AP) -- An aerial train at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is running again after being disabled for about three hours due to a power outage.

That resulted in firefighters escorting dozens of Sky Train passengers along a walkway to a nearby station Friday morning.

Airport spokeswoman Heather Lissner says the outage occurred about 9:40 a.m. when construction workers in a terminal inadvertently cut cables serving the train system's controls.

She says the train's two cars were safely evacuated after a wait of about 20 minutes, with passengers being escorted along a walkway along the train system's aerial guideway.

Lissner says buses were used to take passengers between two airport terminals and stations at a parking garage and a connection to the Phoenxi metro area's light rail system.

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