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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10 h. ago Several Canadian flights cancelled after London fire caused power outage at Heathrow

TORONTO — Several arriving and departing flights between cities across Canada and London’s Heathrow Airport were cancelled after an overnight fire caused a power outage and forced the British airport to close Friday, with further flight disruptions expected to last for days. As of early Friday, Toronto’s Pearson airport listed at least five scheduled arriving […]

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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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13 h. ago Heathrow Airport fire causes air traffic havoc, but flights are resuming

The fifth-busiest airport in the world said it would be closed until midnight Friday after a fire broke out in an electricity substation

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13 h. ago Several Canadian flights cancelled after London fire causes power outage at Heathrow

TORONTO — Several arriving and departing flights between cities across Canada and London’s Heathrow Airport have been cancelled after an overnight fire caused a power outage and forced the British airport to close for the day. As of early Friday, Toronto’s Pearson airport listed at least five scheduled arriving flights from Heathrow as cancelled, as […]

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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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7 d. ago Helicopter route permanently closed on route near Washington airport where 67 died in midair crash

WASHINGTON (AP) — Helicopters will be permanently restricted from flying near Washington, D.C.’s airport on the same route where a passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided in midair, killing 67 people, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday. The move comes just days after federal investigators looking into the cause of the crash recommended a […]

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