Britain’s Heathrow Airport has 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
Heathrow Airport closed for the day due to an electrical substation fire, causing flight cancellations for hundreds of thousands of passengers. At least 1,350 flights were affected, including transatlantic routes. Several United Airlines flights returned or diverted, and other airlines also canceled flights.