Terminal in the United Kingdom is one of the busiest in the world; closure affects more than 1,300 flights
Heathrow airport in London (United Kingdom) was closed after a fire in an electrical substation that supplies the site. According to the administration, the airport is facing “Significant energy falls”. The forecast is that the activities will be resumed at 23:59 of this Friday (21.mar.2025) local time (20:59 in Brasilia).
Heathrow is one of the busiest airports in the world. The closure on Friday (21.mar) should affect more than 1,300 flights. It is estimated that 145,000 passengers will be impacted.
In No X (former Twitter), the administration stated that the decision to suspend activities was taken to “maintain securityPassengers and employees.
“Passengers are advised not to travel to the airport and should contact your airline for more information. We apologize for the inconvenience“, These.
According to the cause of the fire is still being investigated. About 16,000 homes have been affected – in some, the energy has already been restored. Until the publication of this text, firefighters continued to work to combat the fire in the electrical substation.
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BREAKING: London Heathrow Airport has been closed due to power outages caused by electrical substation fire in Hayes which is being battled by dozens of firefighters.
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🚨 BREAKING: Heathrow Airport says it will be closed all day due to significant power outage caused by a fire at a nearby electrical substation
“We expect significant disruption over the coming days and passengers should not travel to the airport under any circumstances”
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Heathrow Airport is closed for 24 hours because of an enormous fire at an electrical substation less than four kilometres away. Four flights to and from Australia have been affected including a Qantas service from Perth to London which is diverting to Paris.
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HAS CNNIan Petchenik, Flightradar24 flight tracking site director, said at least 31 flights to Heathrow were already on the air when the site was closed and were diverted to other airports.
“In addition to being one of the busiest airports in the world, it is also one of those who receive the largest number of airlines”He said.
At X, the FlightTar24 that 679 flights were scheduled to land at Heathrow on Friday (21.mar) and 678 flights to take off.
Spokesman for the Cirium flight analysis company, Mike Arnot told the CNN that a widespread deviation from flights like this is rare. According to him, the accumulation of passengers should take days to be resolved.
“Each aircraft on long -range routes carries 250 to 400 passengers on the out trip, and a similar number waiting to return. Therefore, it can take several days to accommodate all passengers“, These.
“With this number of passengers involved, it can take until Monday [24.mar] or even later for everyone to reach their destinations”He said.
