Heathrow London airport, the most trafficking in Europe and the fifth in the world, closed during the early hours of Friday and will remain closed all day after a fire in an electrical subsequently that caused an energy cut, as reported by the operator of the air terminal. “Heathrow is experiencing an important energy cut. To maintain the safety of our passengers, it will be closed until 23:59 on March 21,” explained the airport operator in a note. Thousands of flights scheduled for this Friday have been deleted.
Due to a fire in an electrical substation that provides at the airport, Heathrow is experiencing a significant current interruption.
To maintain the safety of our passengers and colleagues, Heathrow will be closed until 23h of March 21.
Passengers are recommended not to travel to the airport … pic.twitter.com/7SWNJP8OJD
– Heathrow airport (@heathowairport) March 21, 2025
The fire hit an electric station located in Western London and left over 16,000 houses, in addition to the airport. The London firefighters reported that 70 body members moved to the airport to 10 trucks to fight the flames. Second The guardianThe firefighters evacuated 150 people with neighboring accommodation and transferred them to a safe place. Huge flames and a large column of smoke have been able to make paradise on the city.
So far, 120 flights to Heathrow have had to be aimed at other airports, but London’s main airport, one of the most tourist cities in the world, planns 1,351 operations during the day, between take -offs and landing. As for Spain, this Friday 45 flights are scheduled from Bajas to London airport, 10 of which are already deleted. From Barcelona, there are 31 flights scheduled for this Friday and 18 have already been deleted. There is another planned by Valencia and another from Tenerife.
“This will disturb the operations of airlines from all over the world,” Reuters told the Flighttradar24 flight tracking website, Ian Petchenik. In fact, other experts told the Agency that the chaos derived from the break of London airport will last several days.
“We will offer updated information when we have more data on the resumption of operations. We know that this will be disappointing for passengers and we want to make sure that we are working hard to resolve the situation,” said a spokesperson at the airport with more traffic in Europe.
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