10 h. ago Heathrow to Resume Some Flights After Blackout Closes Airport

London’s Heathrow airport said it’s slowly coming back from an unprecedented daylong blackout that brought travel to a standstill for hundreds of thousands of passengers at Europe’s busiest airport.

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13 h. ago A look at some of history’s worst air travel disruptions after a fire shut Heathrow

LONDON (AP) — A fire that closed London’s Heathrow Airport has sparked one of the most serious disruptions to air travel in years. More than 1,300 flights were canceled and hundreds of thousands of journeys were disrupted following the blaze at an electrical substation, whose cause is under investigation. Here is a look at some […]

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15 h. ago Hundreds of thousands of passengers face flight cancelations as Heathrow Airport closes

No evidence the fire was suspicious, U.K. officials say

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15 h. ago Heathrow Airport closed: No indication of foul play in London blaze, police say

Hundreds of thousands of passengers face flight cancelations as airport closes

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23 h. ago Heathrow Airport to close Friday after fire knocks out power to part of London

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Heathrow Airport will be closed Friday after a fire at an electrical substation knocked out power to the airport and thousands of homes. About 150 people had to be evacuated after a transformer within an electrical substation caught fire in west London. “To maintain the safety of our passengers and colleagues, […]

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23 h. ago Heathrow Airport closes for the day after a fire knocks out power, disrupting hundreds of flights

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Heathrow Airport closed for the full day Friday after an electrical substation fire knocked out its power, disrupting flights for hundreds of thousands of passengers at one of Europe’s biggest travel hubs. Flights were diverted to Gatwick Airport, Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris and Ireland’s Shannon Airport, tracking services showed. […]

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