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GreenSofaBedA to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months ago

Major disruption as Heathrow closed all day after nearby fire causes power outage

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Major disruption as Heathrow closed all day after nearby fire causes power outage

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GreenSofaBedA to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months ago
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Heathrow live updates: Major disruption as airport closed all day after nearby fire causes power outage
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Flights are cancelled and diverted mid-air as Europe's busiest airport closes until midnight over a "significant power outage".
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  • blackn1ght@feddit.uk
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    A part of me wonders if this was a genuine failure or sabotage.

    • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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      “We heard this substation was the tallest in Britain. We were visiting it as tourists.”

    • gnutrino@programming.dev
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      Part of the Metropolitan police too it would seem given that they’ve brought in counter terrorism officers

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    That’s going to be chaos for at least a week, (assuming they get power back today!)

    Shouldn’t an airport that big have redundant power feeds?

    • DavidGA@lemmy.world
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      It does. That failed too. They don’t know why yet. It’s too early to bother speculating.

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    I for one am glad I am not flying anywhere this week.

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