Quintillion: Alaska Outage Repair Work Underway
Repair work on Quintillion's damaged subsea cable off the North Slope of Alaska is underway, the company said Friday. It reported that two repair ships are on-site, with crews on one working to locate the damaged segment via a remotely…
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operated vehicle. Good ice and weather conditions "continue to support the safe and efficient execution of this work." The cable repair and testing work should take up to a week, Quintillion said, with burial of the replacement to take an additional two weeks. The company said in January that the damaged line could result in "prolonged" outage of its service to North Slope and northwest Alaskan communities (see 2501220001).