Tens of thousands of travellers are still stranded across the globe today after a blaze at an electricity substation cut power to the airport.
A fire at an electricity substation caused a shutdown at Heathrow Airport, stranding 300,000 travelers and leading to questions about a potential "blundering engineer" and planning failures. The incident caused flight cancellations, diversions, and criticisms regarding the airport's reliance on backup power. Counter terrorism police probing Heathrow fire amid claims of Russian sabotage; Experts say blaze exposes huge 'vulnerability' in Britain's critical national infrastructure.