In the early hours of Friday morning, passengers were advised not to travel to the airport and told to contact their airline for further information after a blaze started at an electrical substation a 10-minute drive away from the airport. The substation supplies power to the UK’s largest airport. Nearly 300,000 passengers across the world were impacted by the shutdown. Heathrow-bound flights were diverted to airports in Ireland, Cardiff, Manchester, Munich, Frankfurt and Madrid among others throughout Friday. “Our teams have worked tirelessly since the incident to ensure a speedy recovery….
