Cuba’s grid goes offline with massive blackout after a major power plant fails

A woman prepares to catch a tossed frisbee during a massive blackout after a major power plant failed in Havana, Cuba (Picture: Ramon Espinosa/AP)

Cuba’s electrical grid went down on Friday after one of the island’s major power plants failed, a day after a massive blackout swept across the Caribbean island and with no official estimate for when service will be restored.

The Cuban energy ministry announced that the grid had gone down hours after the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant had ceased operations, at about 11am local time on Friday.