Great Britain Investigations into flight chaos in London
Following the hours-long power outage at London's Heathrow Airport, investigations are being launched into the background to the incident. Energy Minister Ed Miliband ordered the national energy network operator Neso to investigate the matter further. The outage, which was caused by a fire in a substation, had caused considerable disruption for thousands of people and many businesses, the minister explained. The aim was therefore to understand exactly what had happened and what lessons could be learned with regard to the critical infrastructure.
23.03.2025, 11:20
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The airport itself announced an internal review of its crisis management plans and response to the incident.
Back to regular flight schedule
Europe's largest airport experienced its most extensive problems in years on Friday. The reason for its temporary closure was that there had been a fire in a transformer station near the airport and the power had failed. Around 200,000 passengers were affected by the disruption.
On Saturday morning, planes were able to take off and land at Heathrow again as normal, although the effects of the power outage are likely to be felt for a few more days. The airline British Airways announced that around 90 percent of its flights were able to operate on Saturday. On Sunday, the airport expected a full flight schedule with more than 1,300 flights planned.
