14 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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19 h. ago London’s Heathrow Airport Begins Limited Flight Resumptions After Fire: British Airways and Global Routes Slowly Recover : Why You Need to Know About It NOW!

London’s Heathrow Airport Begins Limited Flight Resumptions After Fire: British Airways and Global Routes Slowly Recover : Why You Need to Know About It NOW!  Travel And Tour World

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33 h. ago Heathrow chiefs and ministers were warned 10 years ago that power supply was 'key weakness' that could cripple Europe's busiest airport

A report by Jacobs, a major consultancy, highlighted in November 2014 how electricity outages could completely shut Europe's busiest airport.

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45 h. ago Heathrow Airport 'open and fully operational' as Scots flights resume after substation fire

Dozens of Scots flights were cancelled after a blaze knocked out an electricity substation in Hayes late on Thursday evening.

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45 h. ago Heathrow boss defends response as airport resumes flights after fire brought facility to standstill

Heathrow boss defends response as airport resumes flights after fire brought facility to standstill  CNN

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45 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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45 h. ago Heathrow latest LIVE: Flights resume after outage but delays and cancellations remain

Airport boss has apologised to passengers for day of carnage

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45 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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47 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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47 h. 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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48 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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48 h. ago Travellers face greater disruption despite Heathrow reopening after blaze

Fire at electricity substation that shut down Europe’s busiest airport raises questions about resilience of UK infrastructure

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48 h. ago Travellers face days of disruption as Heathrow reopens after blaze

Fire at electricity substation that shut down Europe’s busiest airport raises questions about resilience of UK infrastructure

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49 h. 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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49 h. ago Heathrow latest LIVE: First flights land as services resume after day of chaos

Airport boss has apologised to passengers for day of carnage

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49 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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49 h. 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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55 h. ago Passengers to face more delays as Heathrow aims to return to normal operation

Europe’s busiest airport was shut for hours on Friday after an outage caused by an electricity substation fire.

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57 h. ago Passengers warned of delays as flights set to resume at London's Heathrow Airport

Passengers warned of delays as flights set to resume at London's Heathrow Airport  ABC News

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57 h. 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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