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wuthering Heights?!.....'Heathrow' airport completely shutdown due to power outage...... - NewtonMP2100 - 03-21-2025
.......breaking news.....due to fire in substation.....
London’s Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due to ‘significant power outage’
.....London’s Heathrow Airport, one of the world’s busiest, announced a complete shutdown all day Friday due to a “significant power outage” as a result of a large fire nearby, airport officials said.
“Due to a fire at an electrical substation supplying the airport, Heathrow is experiencing a significant power outage,” Heathrow Airport said in a statement on X. “To maintain the safety of our passengers and colleagues, Heathrow will be closed until 23h59 on 21 March.”
CNN has reached out to the airport for additional comment.
The London Fire Brigade said in a statement that a transformer within an electrical substation in Hayes, in west London, was alight. Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters were responding to the blaze, it added.
Around 150 people have been evacuated and authorities have set up a 200-meter cordon as a precaution, Assistant Commissioner Pat Goulbourne said in the statement. Firefighters also led 29 people from surrounding properties to safety, officials added.
Fire officials said they were called to the fire around 11:23 p.m. local time on Thursday and crews have been on scene throughout the night.
“As we head into the morning, disruption is expected to increase, and we urge people to avoid the area wherever possible,” Goulbourne said.
The cause of the fire is not yet known, fire officials said.
Passengers are advised not to travel to Heathrow and should contact their airline for further information, the airport said in its statement........
...........and don't call me........Shirley.........?!
Re: wuthering Heights?!.....'Heathrow' airport completely shutdown due to power outage...... - mrbigstuff - 03-21-2025
".let me on your runwaaaayyyy.."
Re: wuthering Heights?!.....'Heathrow' airport completely shutdown due to power outage...... - pqrst - 03-21-2025
Wuthering? Don’t get the connection unless it is to the novel. But that’s set quite sways to north of England in Yorkshire. A bit like saying “bean town” when referring to Hartford or New York City.
Re: wuthering Heights?!.....'Heathrow' airport completely shutdown due to power outage...... - Ombligo - 03-21-2025
The airport may be shuttered for days affecting flights worldwide. It's estimated that more than 100,000 passengers are affected.
Re: wuthering Heights?!.....'Heathrow' airport completely shutdown due to power outage...... - rgG - 03-21-2025
Damn, what a mess.
Re: wuthering Heights?!.....'Heathrow' airport completely shutdown due to power outage...... - GGD - 03-21-2025
Someone needed to post this.
Re: wuthering Heights?!.....'Heathrow' airport completely shutdown due to power outage...... - Lew Zealand - 03-21-2025
GGD wrote:
Someone needed to post this.
I'm embarrassed I didn't think of this until I scrolled down to your post.
Hanging my head in shame...
Re: wuthering Heights?!.....'Heathrow' airport completely shutdown due to power outage...... - macphanatic - 03-21-2025
I'm really surprised that such an important/high volume airport is fed by only one substation.
Re: wuthering Heights?!.....'Heathrow' airport completely shutdown due to power outage...... - JoeH - 03-21-2025
macphanatic wrote:
I'm really surprised that such an important/high volume airport is fed by only one substation.
Me too. Even the university campus I retired from had two separate feeds, plus has generation capacity of its own sufficient to supply around half the needed power.
Re: wuthering Heights?!.....'Heathrow' airport completely shutdown due to power outage...... - Randalls - 03-22-2025
Best laid plans. Hopefully safe from a tsunami, that’d be a fukashima