Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom said it was fully operational on Saturday, but passengers faced some delays and cancellations as its air hub resumed operations a day after a power station fire caused travel mayhem.
The electricity substation blaze was said to have knocked out power at the London airport, closing it for most of Friday before some flights began to arrive and take off later in the evening.
It was gathered that the shutdown affected thousands of passengers around the world and raised serious questions about the reliability of one of the British most critical pieces of infrastructure.
“We can confirm that Heathrow is open and fully operational today.
“Teams across the airport continue to do everything they can to support passengers impacted by yesterday’s outage at an off-airport power substation,” an airport spokesperson said early on Saturday.
According to the Flightradar24 tracking website, about 1,350 flights were affected by Friday’s closure.
Around 120 Heathrow-bound planes were reportedly in the air when the closure was announced and had to be diverted.
UK: Heathrow airport fully operational after fire shutdown
