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A gleaming new data centre sits less than half a mile from the electric substation where a fire plunged Heathrow Airport into darkness last week. The data centre's own power was also cut that day. But no one who relied on it would have noticed, thanks to a bank of batteries and backup generators designed to kick in instantly.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Heathrow defended its decision to shut down operations at Europe's busiest airport last Friday as the blame game intensified over an 18-hour closure which cost airlines tens of millions of pounds and stranded thousands of passengers.
SINGAPORE: Most flights operating between Singapore and London's Heathrow Airport resumed on Saturday (March 22), following a significant power outage that shut down the British capital's main airport, leaving thousands of passengers and planes stranded.
Heathrow airport was completely shut down on Friday after a power outage due to a fire at a London electricity substation, causing travel chaos for passengers around the world and the cancellation or diversion of hundreds of flights from Europe's busiest air hub.
LONDON (AFP): Heathrow Airport is "fully operational", a spokesman says, a day after a fire at a power station shut down Europe's busiest air hub and caused travel mayhem.
SINGAPORE: At least one flight leaving Singapore for London has been cancelled after Britain's Heathrow Airport said on March 21 it will be closed until midnight (8am on March 22 Singapore time).
LONDON (Reuters) -London's Heathrow Airport resumed full operations on Saturday and ordered a probe into how it dealt with a power outage that shut Europe's busiest air hub for almost a day as airlines warned of further delays and cancellations.
PETALING JAYA: Friday's massive power outage at London's Heathrow Airport has raised alarms across the global aviation industry, highlighting the urgent need for enhanced electrical resilience at major international airports, according to an aviation economist.
LONDON (Bloomberg): Heathrow airport suffered its worst disruption in at least two decades after a nearby fire cut power to the hub and brought travel to a standstill for hundreds of thousands of passengers.
LONDON (Reuters) -Flights at Britain's Heathrow resumed late on Friday after a fire knocked out its power supply and shut Europe's busiest airport for the day, stranding tens of thousands of passengers and causing travel turmoil worldwide.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines will resume flight operations to and from London Heathrow Airport on Saturday.
PETALING JAYA: A total of four Malaysia Airlines flights to Britain's Heathrow Airport are affected due to a power outage at the airport caused by a huge fire at a nearby electrical substation, says the Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG).
Keir Starmer’s government is preparing to approve controversial expansions to three London airports as part of a push to spur growth that’s become more urgent this month after international markets cast doubt on the credibility of the UK’s economic plans.
WASHINGTON: A Vietnamese man was sentenced to 44 years in prison for attempting to carry out a suicide attack at Heathrow International Airport in London, the US Department of Justice said on Tuesday (Feb 3).
HEATHROW said on Wednesday it planned to invest 2.3 billion pounds ($2.92 billion) over the next two years to upgrade Britain's busiest airport.
LONDON: The wingtip of an empty Virgin Atlantic jet collided with a stationary British Airways airliner while being towed from a stand at London's Heathrow Airport on Saturday, the airlines said.
LONDON, March 28 (Xinhua) -- More than 600 Border Force officers at London's Heathrow Airport, the busiest airport in the United Kingdom (UK), will take strike action in April, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said on Thursday.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Saturday (March 22, 2025)
PETALING JAYA: Four Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flights to Britain were disrupted as international travel was thrown into chaos following incidents at two major airports on different sides of the world.
LONDON: An 80-year-old man has been arrested at an airport after 27 years on the run, reported PA Media/dpa quoting British police.
