CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; S80; LAX-BNA. LOST ELECTRICAL LIGHTS; PRESSURIZATION PROB; AND ON DSCNT THEY HAD TROUBLE STAYING LEVEL. DIVERT ABQ. EMER; EQUIP MET FLT.

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WE LEFT THE GATE ON TIME AND RETURNED WITH A MECHANICAL. WE WERE DELAYED AT THE GATE FOR 1 HR PLUS. WE LEFT AROUND XB00. AROUND XC00 WE LOST TOTAL PWR IN LIGHTS. WE SEEMED TO HAVE PRESSURIZATION PROBS. WE LANDED IN LESS THAN 30 MINS. THE PLANE ON DSCNT HAD A PROB KEEPING LEVEL. THE ACFT WAS MET WITH MANY AMBULANCES; AND FIRE TRUCKS. THEN; THE COMPANY HURRIED US OFF THE PLANE TO THE NEXT ACFT TO CONTINUE WORKING. NO ONE REALLY LET US KNOW THE SEVERITY OF THE SIT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THEY STARTED HAVING PRESSURIZATION PROBS ABOUT 30 MINS BEFORE THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. THE LIGHTS WERE OUT EVERYWHERE ON THE PLANE; INCLUDING THE COCKPIT; WHICH WAS PITCH BLACK. THE EMER LIGHTS NEVER CAME ON. THEY ALSO LOST THEIR COMPASS AND; SHE BELIEVES; MOST OF THEIR INSTS. THE PLANE WAS SWINGING WILDLY AND SHE BELIEVES THAT THE CAPT DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO TELL THE PAX OR CABIN ATTENDANTS THE NATURE OF THE PROB. THEY DIVERTED TO ALBUQUERQUE; AND A FIREMAN; DRESSED IN FULL GEAR; OPENED THE DOOR. SHE FEELS THE CAPT SHOULD HAVE TOLD THEM; AT LEAST; ABOUT THE NUMBER OF EMER VEHICLES MEETING THE PLANE SAFELY. THE FLT ATTENDANTS DID TRY TO ASK THE CAPT ABOUT PREPARING THE CABIN FOR AN EMER EVAC; BUT HE DIDN'T ANSWER. THE PAX WERE MORE IRATE ABOUT DIVERTING; THAN SCARED; ABOUT THE SEVERE PROBS THE PLANE WAS HAVING.