11 h. ago Heathrow Airport closure update: Police issue fresh statement revealing results from probe into cause of the sub

The Met Police has said there appear to be 'no suspicious circumstances' surrounding the fire at an electricity sub-station that led to the closure of Heathrow Airport.

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16 h. ago Heathrow shutdown will have an impact on Scotland, warns Parcelhero

Last Friday’s closure of Heathrow Airport disrupted the supply of over £5.43m of goods, says the international delivery expert Parcelhero. It’s impact will be felt in Scotland and internationally.

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57 h. ago Service at Heathrow airport returns to normal two days after forced closure

More than a thousand flights were cancelled on Friday after a fire at an electrical substation caused a power cutHeathrow airport has returned to normal business two days after it was forced to close when a fire at an electrical substation caused a power cut.Europe’s busiest airport had more than 1,000 flights cancelled on Friday after the fire at the substation in Hayes, west London. Continue reading...

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3 d. 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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3 d. ago Heathrow Airport's defiant message as flights finally resume following chaotic closure

Heathrow Airport - the busiest airport in Europe after handling nearly 84million passengers in 2024 - was closed for hours on Friday after a blaze knocked out an electricity substation

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3 d. ago ‘Colossal failure’: what the papers say about the Heathrow airport shutdown

Chaos at Europe’s busiest airport caused by a substation fire dominates UK front pages on SaturdayThe closure of Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, due to a fire at a nearby electrical substation dominates the front pages of British newspapers on Saturday, with more than 1,350 flights cancelled and journeys disrupted for hundreds of thousands of passengers.The Guardian splashes with “Chaos and anger as fire shuts Heathrow airport”, above a picture of anxious travellers, and an article that focuses on Downing Street’s reaction: that there are “questions to answer” as to how a power failure could cause such disruption. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Major airports must review resilience plans after 'unprecedented' Heathrow closure due to fire

More than 1,300 flights were affected by the closure of London Heathrow Airport on Friday

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4 d. 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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4 d. ago Heathrow Airport Closure Live Updates: Some Flights Resume After Fire Disrupts Travel

Heathrow Airport Closure Live Updates: Some Flights Resume After Fire Disrupts Travel  The New York Times

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4 d. 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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4 d. ago Heathrow airport closure: Everything we know about the Hayes substation fire and effects of grounded flights

Shutting airport for a day will have cost millions of pounds after 25,000 litres of cooling oil caught light

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4 d. ago London Heathrow Airport restarts flights after closure causes travel chaos

London Heathrow Airport restarts flights after closure causes travel chaos  Al Jazeera English

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4 d. 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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4 d. ago Heathrow airport resumes some flights after fire closure leaves thousands stranded worldwide

Counterterror police investigate blaze that caused power cut, upsetting travel plans of up to 300,000 passengers

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4 d. 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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4 d. 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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4 d. ago Video London's Heathrow Airport resumes flights after fire causes closure

Video London's Heathrow Airport resumes flights after fire causes closure  ABC News

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4 d. ago Heathrow Airport announces major update for stranded passengers as some flights expected tonight

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

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4 d. ago Heathrow closure: airport plans to resume some flights today and hopes for full Saturday service

First services will be repatriation flights with 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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4 d. ago London’s Heathrow airport plans to reopen after closure causes travel chaos

London’s Heathrow airport plans to reopen after closure causes travel chaos  Al Jazeera English

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