London’s Heathrow Airport will remain closed Friday after a fire at an electrical substation caused a power outage. The closure is expected to affect hundreds of thousands of customers.
At least 1,357 flights have been cancelled, diverted or delayed and people are being advised not to make journeys to the airport.
A plane takes off over a road sign near Heathrow Airport in London. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption toggle caption Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP LONDON — Britain’s Heathrow Airport will be closed Friday after an electrical substation fire knocked out its power, potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers who use one of Europe’s biggest travel hubs. Thousands
Last Updated:March 21, 2025, 11:33 IST Heathrow Airport is closed until 23:59 on March 21 due to a major power outage caused by a fire at an electrical substation. Passengers are advised to avoid the airport route. Video screengrabs show fire at Heathrow airport’s electrical substation (Social Media) London’s Heathrow Airport closed down until midnight
Five hours after a fire at an electrical substation knocked out power for Heathrow Airport and thousands of homes in western London, the city’s fire brigade said early Friday that it was still trying to bring the blaze under control. By 4 a.m. Friday, half of a transformer remained on fire, the London Fire Brigade
Travelers around the world have braced for days of chaos as a devastating 24-hour closure at Heathrow Airport sparked mid-air flight diversions and dozens of cancelations. One of the world’s busiest airports – which facilitates upwards of 200,000 travelers a day – was forced to shut down on Friday after a fire at a nearby
London’s Heathrow Airport was closed early Friday and will remain shut through the rest of the day, bringing one of the world’s busiest airports to a halt after it lost power because of a nearby fire. Heathrow said it would be closed until 11:59 p.m. local time. It was not immediately clear how many flights
Heathrow Airport will be closed all day on Friday – with all flights in and out cancelled. London’s biggest terminals have been forced to shut down after a fire at a substation less than two miles away caused a major power outage. Firefighters were alerted to the blaze around 11.30pm on Thursday and the busy
By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN Published: 21:49 EDT, 20 March 2025 | Updated: 22:01 EDT, 20 March 2025 A huge fire has broken out at an electricity substation near Heathrow – leaving thousands of West London properties without power. More than 70 firefighters and ten fire engines rushed to the scene, on Nestles Avenue in Hayes, to tackle
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