Hawaiian Telcom officials said Honolulu 911 system was working normally Thursday night after fixes were made when the emergency system was experiencing technical problems.

Hawaiian Telcom spokeswoman Ann Nishida Fry said Oahu 911 calls were routed to an alternative system and began working normally at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Police said the 911 system was running smoothly Thursday night.

For a little more than an hour, and police were asking that people call 911 only for emergency calls. The problems surfaced at about 4:50 p.m. Thursday.