More than 1,300 flights to and from the UK's busiest airport have been affected after it had to be closed due to a blaze at a nearby electricity substation.
Heathrow Airport will resume some flights later today, prioritizing repatriation flights, after a fire at a nearby electricity substation caused a total shutdown and widespread flight cancellations. The fire was attributed to the failure of a "very old" transformer, potentially due to underinvestment and overloaded equipment. Authorities reconnected Heathrow to power on an interim basis but expect continued disruptions.
