ER Editor: We’ve no idea what’s really going on here, but wonder if the substation fire that started late last night about 1-2 miles from Heathrow airport is a ruse to shut down one of the world’s major travel hubs. It was a real fire but ‘unusual’ and ‘catastrophic’, where the backup generator failed to activate because it, too, was affected by the fire. 16,000 homes in the area area said to be affected by power outages. The area would have been in blackout through the night. Call us a conspiracy theorist, please do. Here are some bits and pieces. The BBC has live updates here —
Major disruption as Heathrow closed all day after nearby fire causes power outage
Sky News have this, reporting that the airport will be closed until midnight today but that disruptions could last for days —
Heathrow Airport closed after ‘significant power outage’ due to nearby fire
Around 120 flights were bound for Heathrow when the airport announced it would be closing for the day. Some will have turned back to the airport they departed from. But others were already crossing the Atlantic and have been diverted to airports in Europe.
Data from Flightradar24 shows Amsterdam has taken the most diversions at seven, while Gatwick, Frankfurt and Shannon have all taken six flights each.
Heathrow is one of the world’s busiest airports and had a record 83.9 million passengers last year, with a plane landing or taking off around every 45 seconds. Flightradar24 estimates that means there are about 220,000 passengers using the hub every day.
Its total closure is set to have knock-on effects on airline operations around the world for several days to come.
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UPDATE: LONDON-HEATHROW SHUTS DOWN AFTER MASSIVE POWER OUTAGE
London’s Heathrow Airport — one of the busiest in the world — will be completely closed Friday after a major fire at a nearby electrical substation triggered widespread blackouts across West London.
Thousands of… pic.twitter.com/4Xf54o6vPC
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 21, 2025
London-Heathrow will be closed for ALL of Friday due to a “significant power outage” caused by a fire in an electrical substation.
There are currently 120 aircraft in the air that will be diverting to alternate airports or returning to their origins. pic.twitter.com/Lot0lsJLz8
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) March 21, 2025
HEATHROW CLOSURE HAS PLANES DIVERTING IN MID-AIR
Aircraft in-flight are getting real-time notifications that Heathrow is closed.
Massive reroutes and diversions are now underway. Passengers are stranded, and pilots are adjusting mid-air.
Source: @flightradar24 pic.twitter.com/8DMiUGgyDx
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 21, 2025
UPDATE: LONDON-HEATHROW SHUTS DOWN AFTER MASSIVE POWER OUTAGE
London’s Heathrow Airport — one of the busiest in the world — will be completely closed Friday after a major fire at a nearby electrical substation triggered widespread blackouts across West London.
Thousands of… pic.twitter.com/4Xf54o6vPC
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 21, 2025
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