3 w. ago Heathrow boss slept through disastrous power outage with his phone on silent

Senior staff at London Heathrow Airport couldn't reach Thomas Woldbye, Chief Executive Officer, to inform him they had decided to suspend operations because of a fire at a substation in Hayes

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3 w. ago Heathrow boss slept through first six hours of Heathrow fire shut

A review into the fire on the night of March 20 into March 21 found that the airport's chief executive, Thomas Woldbye, was called when the fire broke out but did not answer his phone.

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3 w. ago Heathrow boss sorry for sleeping through outage with phone on silent

Thomas Woldbye missed emergency notifications and phone calls after nearby fire led to airport being shut downHeathrow’s chief executive has expressed his “deep regret” at being uncontactable and sleeping through the power outage that upended the travel plans of 200,000 passengers earlier this year.Thomas Woldbye slept through two emergency notification calls and “several” phone calls from Heathrow’s chief operating officer, Javier Echave, in the early hours of the morning after a fire at a nearby substation knocked out power supplies to the airport. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Heathrow chief’s phone on silent mode as fire unfolded, inquiry finds

Thomas Woldbye’s mobile was ‘on his bedside table’ but on silent mode, the Kelly Review said.

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3 w. ago Heathrow boss slept until 6.45am on day of power shutdown due to his phone being on silent

Review into shutdown finds ‘decision to stop operations would not have changed’ if Thomas Woldbye had been involved

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3 w. ago Heathrow chief out of reach during airport shutdown as phone was on silent, says report

Thomas Woldbye expresses ‘deep regret’ at being uncontactable, leaving his deputy to take decisions

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3 w. ago Heathrow chief out of reach during shutdown as phone was on silent, says report

Thomas Woldbye expresses ‘deep regret’ at being uncontactable, leaving his deputy to take decisions

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