1 hour ago London's Heathrow Airport is "fully operational" after fire caused power outage, prompting flight cancellations and chaos

London's Heathrow Airport is "fully operational" after fire caused power outage, prompting flight cancellations and chaos  CBS News

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3 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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3 h. ago Engineer blunder may have sparked fire that shut down Heathrow

The blaze led to a major power outage that brought Britain’s busiest airport to a standstill

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4 h. ago Heathrow ‘open and fully operational’ after disruption caused by power outage

Around 200,000 passengers have been affected by the closure of what is Europe’s busiest airport.

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5 h. ago 'Engineer error may have caused' Heathrow fire that paralysed airport

The blaze led to a major power outage that brought Britain’s busiest airport to a standstill

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6 h. ago Operations return to normal at London’s Heathrow Airport after power outage that caused global travel chaos

Operations return to normal at London’s Heathrow Airport after power outage that caused global travel chaos  CNN

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6 h. ago Full list of cancelled Heathrow flights as airport recovers from power outage

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

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6 h. ago Heathrow airport reopens but ‘huge impact’ on travel expected for days – live updates

Planes begin to land at airport but airlines said the closure would continue to have a “huge impact” on passengers in the coming daysHeathrow airport says “flights have resumed at Heathrow following yesterday’s power outage” and the airport is now “fully operational”.It added that and that hundreds of additional staff have been drafted in to help clear the backlog of flights.We can confirm that Heathrow is open and fully operational today. Teams across the airport continue to do everything they can to support passengers impacted by yesterday’s outage at an off-airport power substation.We have hundreds of additional colleagues on hand in our terminals and we have added flights to today’s schedule to facilitate an extra 10,000 passengers travelling through the airport.Given the importance of Heathrow I am surprised that the whole airport had to be shut for a day.I mean, you could understand disruption whilst you change over to alternate systems and so on, but such a complete failure o...

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6 h. ago Heathrow airport live: Flights begin landing after mass disruption as airport aims to resume ‘full operation’

BA expects to operate around 85 per cent of its scheduled flights

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8 h. ago Flights begin landing at Heathrow after mass disruption caused by power outage

Around 200,000 passengers have been affected by the closure of what is Europe’s busiest airport.

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10 h. ago Heathrow airport live: Passengers to face ‘huge’ impact into the weekend as airport aims to resume ‘full operation’

The London airport said it hopes to run a ‘full operation’ on Saturday after flights resumed on Friday evening

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13 h. ago Heathrow airport live: British Airways warns of ‘huge’ impact into weekend despite flights resuming after fire

The London airport said it hopes to run a ‘full operation’ on Saturday after flights resumed on Friday evening

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14 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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16 h. ago Heathrow partially reopens after fire that caused power cut and travel chaos

Airport expects to be fully operational on Saturday, but airlines say closure will have ‘huge impact’ in coming daysDowning Street has said there are “questions to answer” after a fire at an electrical substation closed down London Heathrow airport, stopping more than 1,350 flights and disrupting the journeys of hundreds of thousands of passengers.Counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation into the “unprecedented” incident that left Britain’s biggest airport unable to function as engineers tried to restore power, but said there was “no indication of foul play”. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Heathrow closure as it happened: Airport closed after nearby fire causes power outage; Travellers face further disruption even after site reopens

Heathrow closure as it happened: Airport closed after nearby fire causes power outage; Travellers face further disruption even after site reopens  Financial Times

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18 h. ago First plane arrives at Heathrow Airport following power outage and shutdown

First plane arrives at Heathrow Airport following power outage and shutdown  The Associated Press

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18 h. ago Heathrow Airport closes due to London fire, disrupting hundreds of flights, stranding passengers

Heathrow Airport closes due to London fire, disrupting hundreds of flights, stranding passengers  The Associated Press

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18 h. ago Pittsburgh International flights to and from London canceled amid Heathrow Airport power outage

Pittsburgh International flights to and from London canceled amid Heathrow Airport power outage  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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18 h. ago Heathrow airport live: First flights resume after electrical substation fire shuts airport

Planes start to land again after 1,351 flights cancelled or forced to land elsewhere

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19 h. ago Heathrow closure: airport resumes some flights today and hopes for full Saturday service

First plane has landed since fire caused closure but people still told not to travel to the airport unless advised to do so by airlineCounter-terror police leading fire inquiryTell us: have you been affected by London’s Heathrow airport closure?Airlines’ carefully choreographed networks depend on airplanes and crews being in specific locations at specific times. Dozens of air carriers will have to hurriedly reconfigure their networks to move planes and crews around after the Heathrow closure.“The other question is, ‘What will airlines do to deal with the backlog of passengers?’”, said travel industry analyst Henry Harteveldt with Atmosphere Research Group. “It’s going to be a chaotic couple of days.” Continue reading...

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