3 w. ago Grounded: The questions Heathrow must answer over fire shutdown

Given the immense harm caused, Heathrow still has some key things to answer, writes travel correspondent Simon Calder

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3 w. ago Is Heathrow back to normal now after flight cancellation chaos?

More than 1,000 flights were cancelled on Friday after a fire at an electrical substation caused a power cut

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3 w. ago Heathrow airport live: Flight chaos branded a ‘national embarrassment’ as airlines warn delays could last days

Heathrow Airport is back in business after a fire at a London electricity substation

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3 w. ago Flights resume at London Heathrow after a daylong closure sparked travel chaos around the world

Heathrow Airport says it is “fully operational” on Saturday, after an almost daylong closure sparked by an electrical substation fire

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4 w. 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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4 w. 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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4 w. 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 w. ago Live updates: Flights start landing at Heathrow Airport after shutdown leads to travel chaos

Live updates: Flights start landing at Heathrow Airport after shutdown leads to travel chaos  CNN

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4 w. ago Fires, cancelled flights and ruined plans: Inside Heathrow's day of travel chaos

More than 1,300 flights to and from Heathrow were disrupted after a blaze broke out at a critical electrical substation

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4 w. ago Flights to resume at Heathrow airport after day of travel chaos sparked by fire

Airport chief said the blaze which knocked out an electricity substation was ‘as big as it gets’

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4 w. ago Heathrow latest LIVE: Heathrow resumes some flights after day of travel chaos sparked by fire

Airport boss has apologised to passengers for day of carnage

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4 w. ago London Heathrow power outage chaos causes flight cancellations at Charlotte airport

London Heathrow power outage chaos causes flight cancellations at Charlotte airport  Charlotte Observer

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4 w. ago Live updates: London’s Heathrow Airport will restore some flights after day of global travel chaos

Live updates: London’s Heathrow Airport will restore some flights after day of global travel chaos  CNN

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4 w. ago Fire shuts London’s Heathrow Airport, creating global flight chaos

Fire shuts London’s Heathrow Airport, creating global flight chaos  The Dallas Morning News

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4 w. ago Heathrow flights chaos: Strictly star among thousands stranded abroad amid airport shutdown

Passengers say British Airways has ‘no clue’ when their flights will depart

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4 w. ago Vile Russia trolls celebrate Heathrow fire as 'Putin sabotage' and threaten to 'burn UK to hell'

The fire at an electrical substation in Hayes, west London, sparked travel chaos for hundreds of flights at Heathrow Airport with many being cancelled or diverted

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4 w. ago Heathrow Airport closure fire 'investigated by counter terrorism police' after huge blaze

The blaze grounded over a thousand flights and cast nearly 300,000 passengers into travel chaos as their flights out of Heathrow were cancelled and planes were diverted to other airports in Britain and Europe

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4 w. ago Heathrow Airport closure fire 'being investigated by counter terrorism police'

The fire at an electrical substation in Hayes, west London, sparked travel chaos at Heathrow Airport with hundreds of flights being cancelled or diverted due to the incident

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4 w. ago Flights forced to return to India, the Caribbean and the US as Heathrow shutdown triggers worldwide travel chaos with more than 200,000 passengers left stranded in airports

London 's biggest terminals - which facilitates upwards of 200,000 travelers a day - were forced to shut down on Friday after a fire at a nearby substation caused a major power outage.

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4 w. ago What happens if my flight is diverted to another country? All your questions answered as Heathrow closure sparks worldwide travel chaos

Around 220,000 people were due to travel through Heathrow today and the chaos from the complete closure will rumble on over the weekend and into next week.

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