Heathrow warned of power supply risk days before fire disrupted flights

Heathrow warned by airlines about power supply days before shutdown – CLG News

Heathrow warned by airlines about power supply days before shutdown | 2 April 2025 | Heathrow Airport was warned about the “resilience” of its power supply in the days before a fire which shut down the airport for more than a day last month. Nigel Wicking, chief executive of Heathrow Airline Operators’ Committee, a group representing airlines, told MPs on Wednesday that he spoke to Heathrow twice in the week before the closure on 21 March. He qu…

Heathrow warned of power supply risk days before fire disrupted flights

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Heathrow Warned About Power Supply Days Before Outage Caused Closure, MPs Told

Heathrow Airport was warned about its power supply in the days before it closed because of an outage, MPs were told. Nigel Wicking, chief executive of Heathrow Airline Operators Committee, which represents airlines that use the west London airport, said there were a “couple of incidents” which made him concerned. The airport was closed to all flights on until about 6 p.m. on March 21, after a power outage caused by a fire at a nearby electricity…

Heathrow addresses criticism of power outage response with five-point plan

Transport committee hearing told the airport was warned twice about the resilience of its power supply in the days leading up to the meltdown on 21 March

The electrical fault affected Heathrow Airport on March 21

Heathrow susceptibility to power outage raised multiple times in years and days before incident

Heathrow Airport’s susceptibility to a full closure if its power supply was impacted was raised by multiple people, including the airport itself, in the years and days before the substation fire that caused major disruption last month. The post Heathrow susceptibility to power outage raised multiple times in years and days before incident appeared first on New Civil Engineer.