Heathrow boss criticised over resilience
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Trains linking Paddington Station with Heathrow’s Terminal 5 may be canceled or face delays of up to 30 minutes because of the fire, National Rail said in an incident report.
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Thomas Woldbye offered his "deepest regrets" adding that the "situation was unprecedented".
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The airport was shut down for more than a day in March after a fire at a nearby electrical substation.
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The Heathrow boss has been questioned over the airport’s handling of a power cut following the huge substation fire. Around 300,000 passengers faced disruption in the UK and abroad when Heathrow Airport closed following an overnight blaze at a nearby substation on March 21.
A fire in the Heathrow area has sparked major travel disruption this morning - with one key station forced to close and delays expected to last several hours
The head of a body representing more than 90 airlines using Heathrow said it's the most expensive airport in the world and airlines should have the best service and infrastructure. But runway lights had gone down due to cable thefts in the run up to the one day closure.
Heathrow Airport could have reopened Terminal 5 at 10am, several hours before it did on March 21, when a fire at a nearby substation forced the airport to completely shut down
London's Heathrow Airport reopened on Saturday after a power outage at one of the world's busiest airports the previous day caused widespread chaos and cancellations.
London Heathrow Airport was warned about possible issues with its power supplies a few days before a nearby fire cut electricity to the hub and forced Europe’s busiest airport into an unprecedented day-long blackout.
Three people have sadly died after a horror bus crash which involved a silver Mercedes which was travelling on a railway bridge in Feltham, London - close to Heathrow Airport