Power outage due to a fire caused one of the world's busiest airports to close in London
A power outage caused by a fire at an electrical substation near London's Heathrow Airport led to flight diversions and cancellations, affecting travelers in Canada. Goose Bay Airport in Labrador received 4 diverted flights. Flightradar24.com reported 32 flights diverted to Canadian airports: 6 to Montreal, 8 to Toronto, 10 to Calgary, and 8 to Vancouver. Toronto Pearson cancelled all arriving flights from Heathrow, while Montreal-Trudeau saw 3 flights affected Thursday night and 2 flights to Heathrow cancelled on Friday. Air Canada cancelled seven flights to London on Thursday.