Heathrow plies routes to around 80 countries and some 1,350 flights had been due to land or take off from the airport’s five terminals on Friday, according to the online flight tracking website Flightradar24.
London’s Metropolitan Police said the force’s Counter Terrorism Command was leading enquiries given the “impact this incident has had on critical national infrastructure”.
Firefighters were called to the “highly visible” blaze at the substation shortly after 2320 GMT on Thursday and around 70 were sent to battle the fire, which was brought under control by around 0800 GMT.
Disruption
The shut-down left many passengers struggling to make alternative arrangements.
“You can’t imagine how stressful it is for me,“ he told AFP.
“We’re working as quickly as possible to update them on their travel options for the next 24 hours and beyond,“ it said.
Her mother was having open heart surgery later in the day.
Diverted
Airport authorities said they “expect significant disruption” over the coming days.
One resident near the substation said she heard a “massive explosion” as the power cut out just before midnight while another reported seeing a “bright flash of white”.
London Fire Brigade deputy commissioner Jonathan Smith told reporters firefighters worked “tirelessly in challenging and very hazardous conditions”.
The outage left 100,000 homes without power overnight. By morning, power had been restored to all but around 4,000.
As the scale of the disruption began to emerge, Miliband faced questions about how one fire could shut down an entire airport.
“But it makes Heathrow look quite vulnerable and therefore we’ve got to learn lessons, as I say, about not just Heathrow but how we protect our major infrastructure,“ he told ITV news.
But she told Times Radio: “There are obviously questions about it.”
Situated 25 kilometres west of central London, Heathrow’s main flight destinations last year were Dublin, Los Angeles, Madrid and New York.
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