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 […]
A fire-related power outage at London's Heathrow Airport led to the cancellation of numerous Canadian flights to and from Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal. The airport closed, impacting over 1,300 flights, and while flights have since resumed, disruptions are expected to continue for days. Air Canada cancelled 16 flights and WestJet cancelled two. Authorities are investigating the fire, but do not suspect foul play.