Electrical grid problems cut power to parts of Oman

Electrical grid problems cut power to parts of Oman for several hours on Monday, authorities said.

The outage is said to have begun in the early afternoon and lasted for many of those affected until around 6 p.m.. The state-run Oman News Agency described the outage as a “partial blackout.”

It said the outages affected Muscat, the country’s capital, and other areas.

Namaa Group, which oversees Oman’s electrical grid, blamed the outage on “a technical failure in one of the transmission lines.”

The sultanate of Oman sits on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula.

Image Credit: Oman Electricity Transmission Company