By morning, power had been restored to all but around 4,000. As the scale of the disruption began to emerge, Miliband faced questions about how one fire could shut down an entire airport.

“This year we have had public safety power shut-offs on extremely high wind days with low humidities and dry fuels on the ground. This is a growing practice in the industry and in fact one of ...

Hundreds of thousands of passengers faced flight cancellations at Europe's busiest travel hub after a fire knocked out power to London's Heathrow Airport, forcing it to close for the day. At least ...

“The fire has caused a power outage affecting a large number of homes and local businesses, and we are working closely with our partners to minimize disruption,” Assistant Commissioner Pat Goulbourne ...

London’s Heathrow Airport, one of the world’s busiest, will remain closed throughout Friday following a major power outage caused by a fire at a nearby electrical substation. Meanwhile, , at least 120 ...

London — The sudden, full-day closure of London's Heathrow Airport on Friday caused by a fire in a nearby electrical substation threw the travel plans of an estimated 200,000 people into ...

Heathrow Airport will remain closed for at least 24 hours, according to an announcement on March 21 ... at least 24 hours due to a "significant" power outage. On Friday, March 21, a representative ...

The airport did not respond to a question about its power supply contingencies. The substation fire that shut down Heathrow Airport involved a transformer with “25,000 liters cooling oil ...

In order to save power so that both objects can continue to explore space, experts have shut down the cosmic ray subsystem experiment, one of the 10 instruments that were part of the two historic ...

London: Britain’s Heathrow Airport will be closed Friday after a fire at an electrical substation knocked out power to the airport and thousands of homes. “To maintain the safety of our ...

Heathrow Airport in London is closed Friday after a fire at an electrical substation near the airport caused a power outage ... full scope of the fire that shut down Heathrow and is also affecting ...

Earlier, a British Airways jet touched down just before sunset after Heathrow lifted its closure order. Flights resume at Heathrow after fire sparked day-long power cut; AP explains Flights began to ...