Heathrow Airport in London was closed after a massive fire force was built at a nearby power station, and thousands of global flights were thrown into chaos. Heathrow announced that it will remain closed Until at least at least on Friday, “to keep the safety of our passengers and colleagues”, and there will be no flights at the airport during this time.
“Because of a fire at an electrical sub -station that supplies the airport, Heathrow is suffering from a major power outage,” Heathrow Airport was deployed to X. “Passengers are advised not to travel to the airport and they must contact their airlines to get more information.”
The date of 1,357 trip has been set to land or take off from Heathrow today According to the Flightradar 24 flight tracking website. On average, the airport takes 220,000 passengers per day, making it the most crowded in Europe and classified The fourth in the world. At least 120 flights have already returned to their origin or have been converted into alternative airports, with Guardian It has been reported that flights are from Toronto, Atlanto, Bridge Town, Brabados, Boston, Orlando and Newcom, re -directed to Ireland due to insufficient airports in London.
“We expect a major disturbance in the coming days, and the passengers should not travel to the airport under any circumstances in order to reopen the airport.” In a statement to Heaven News. “We have no clarity when the salad is reliably restored.”
Travel journalist Simon Caldr said BBC News This is the first time that Heathro Airport has been completely closed since the turmoil caused by the hero of the Helafraglagukol volcano in 2010.
The empty of Heathrow Airport also began to appear online.
Heathrow is the main base of its largest airline, British Airways. In a statement about X, the airline said It is clear that the closure “will have a major impact on our work.” We have asked Heathro Airport to get more information about when regular operations are expected to be restored.
The cause of the fire is not currently the cause of the fire station, which is about 1.5 miles from Heathrow Airport. More than 16,000 homes that were also provided by the sub -station were similarly affected by the power outage. London fire brigade said the fire Since then it has been controlled After the deployment of 70 firefighters on the sub -station, and that the reason is now under investigation.
