Heathrow Airport was warned about the "resilience" of its power supply in the days before a fire which shut down the airport ...

London Heathrow airport chief Thomas Woldbye has defended the decision to close the hub after it suffered a substantial loss electrical power on 21 March. Woldbye, who was appointed to the post in ...

Heathrow officials were quick to point out after Friday’s incident that the airport has backup power in place for its most critical systems: runway lights and the tower’s traffic control ...

Why wasn’t there enough backup power to run the airport? Heathrow has enough diesel generators to power critical operations, including its control tower and runway lights, and passengers were ...

FLIGHTS have been delayed and diverted at Gatwick Airport after a fire alarm in the air traffic control tower. Staff were ... It comes after Heathrow Airport was closed due to a fire on March ...

The cause of the substation fire is currently under investigation. LONDON -- London's Heathrow Airport said Saturday that flights have resumed after a fire at an electrical substation knocked out ...

LONDON — Heathrow Airport executives on Monday defended their response to a fire that shut down Europe’s busiest air hub for almost a day, after Britain's energy system operator suggested that ...

The CEO of Heathrow Airport has warned that the cost of installing ... Heathrow's diesel generators only support critical operations like the control tower during power failures.

More than 1,300 flights were affected after a fire at a nearby electrical substation. Hundreds of thousands of passengers were stranded around the world.

LONDON (AP) — The British government on Saturday ordered an investigation into the country’s “energy resilience” after an electrical substation fire shut Heathrow Airport for almost a day ...

A full statement from Gatwick Airport read: “There are short delays this afternoon following a fire alarm activation in the air traffic control tower ... It comes after Heathrow Airport ...