2 h. ago Heathrow boss went back to BED as power substations fire closed airport to make sure he was 'well rested'

Thomas Woldbye was at an event in central London when the power first went out at 11pm on Thursday, prompting him to return to the airport west of the capital.

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17 h. ago Ed Miliband orders urgent investigation into Heathrow fire as boss claims he is 'proud' of how airport coped

Ed Miliband has ordered an urgent investigation into the Heathrow fire after the airport boss claimed he is 'proud' of how the power outage was handled.

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18 h. ago Heathrow boss defends running of airport after criticism of shutdown

Thomas Woldbye says most other airports operate similar back-up power systems to Heathrow, as Ed Miliband announces investigationThe chief executive of Heathrow has defended the running of the airport after a fire at an electrical substation stopped about 1,300 planes and disrupted the journeys of hundreds of thousands of global passengers.It comes after Willie Walsh, the International Air Transport Association’s director general, criticised Heathrow for the disruption, while the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has now ordered the National Energy System Operator to “urgently investigate” the outage. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Heathrow boss says he is 'proud' of how airport responded to power outage

Flights began taking off on Friday evening following hours of closure after a blaze at an electricity substation in Hayes cut power to the west London airport.

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24 h. ago Heathrow boss defends response as airport resumes flights after fire brought facility to standstill

Heathrow boss defends response as airport resumes flights after fire brought facility to standstill  CNN

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25 h. ago Heathrow boss insists he's 'proud' of how airport handled blaze flights chaos

Heathrow’s chief executive Thomas Woldbye said that he was "proud" of how the airport responded to its closure due to a fire forcing the cancellation and delays of flights

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34 h. ago Heathrow Airport bosses face questions as staggering new theory emerges about closure

Some 300,000 travellers were left stranded on Friday following Heathrow Airport's closure, caused due to a "significant power outage" after a fire at nearby North Hyde Electricity Substation

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35 h. ago Is one blundering engineer responsible for crippling Heathrow? Airport bosses face questions over farcical shutdown that left 300,000 travellers stranded

Tens of thousands of travellers are still stranded across the globe today after a blaze at an electricity substation cut power to the airport.

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40 h. ago Heathrow boss says airport will return to '100 per cent operation' tomorrow

Follow the latest updates on the Heathrow Airport closure on MailOnline's live blog.

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42 h. ago Heathrow Airport update as some flights 'to safely resume later today'

Flights will resume from Heathrow airport 'later today', bosses say, after a power outage saw passengers stranded for much of Friday following a fire at a substation

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49 h. ago Full scale of Heathrow chaos emerges as airlines react to airport closure

More than 600 flights were due to land at Heathrow on Friday - carrying up to 145,000 people

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