Disconnected device shows up in Airport utility

I have several Airport Extreme and Time capsules connected to my network. One of my Airport Extreme devices seemed defective so I removed it from my network. It's unplugged, no power at all and no light showing. Yet when I open Airport Utility on my MBP, it shows up. I have clicked Rescan. The remaining connected devices appear, then the disconnected one appears shortly thereafter. I can click Manual Setup and the wheel spins then the message that it is not connected appears. But the device remains. How can I get it removed from Airport Utility?

Never mind. After about ten rescans and a MBP restart, it finally disappeared from the list.

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