Heathrow Airport shutdown: What we learnt from travel chaos and how could it be prevented? - It takes 10 hours to restore key airport systems if they lose power, MPs on the Transport Select ...

Sam Hall March 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM Heathrow Airport had sufficient power from its remaining substations despite a fire causing a major power outage (EPA) ...

Heathrow and the many businesses linked to the airport would have also lost millions in the shutdown of operations. Mr Wicking also called for an independent investigation of what happened and why ...

London's Heathrow airport had "enough power" from other substations following Friday's fire that caused the airport to shut down, National Grid CEO John Pettigrew said.

A Heathrow source said: “To draw a comparison between these incidents is irresponsible.” The airport’s chief executive, Thomas Woldbye, also took questions from MP 12 days after the shutdown.

An emergency was declared as a San Francisco-bound United Airlines flight made a U-turn for an immediate return to London ...

Heathrow Airport is "fully operational", a spokesperson said on Saturday, a day after a fire at a power station shut down Europe's busiest air hub and caused travel mayhem.

More than 1,400 flights were diverted or cancelled by the near-total shutdown of Heathrow on Friday 21 March. A fire broke out in a transformer within the North Hyde electrical substation in Hayes ...

Heathrow Airport had enough power to remain open on Friday, after the London hub spent most of the day closed due to a fire at a nearby electrical substation, according to Britain's National Grid.