Heathrow boss criticised over resilience
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The boss of Heathrow came under fire for an 18-hour shutdown at the airport last month after an airline representative said he had raised concerns about the hub's resilience days earlier, as lawmaker...
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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.
Trains linking Paddington Station with Heathrow’s Terminal 5 may be canceled or face delays of up to 30 minutes.
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.
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.
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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
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