He Heathrow London Airportone of the most important in the world, has partially resumed your activity After a fire in an electrical substation has forced its closure during the morning of this Friday. The aerodrome has advanced that he hopes to operate normally on Saturday. Em This sense, the airport has reported that, after an uninterrupted effort since the beginning of the incident, a rapid recovery has been achieved and now they are «in conditions of resume flights safely«.»We are prioritizing the repatriation and relocation of aircraft. We ask passengers not to travel to the airport unless their airline has indicated to do it. «Our priority remains security of our passengers and airport staff. We regret the inconvenience caused by this incident, «they added. It should be remembered that some have been canceled 1,300 flights And some 145,000 passengers They can be affected. In addition, there are affectations in other international airports, because Heathrow connects with many destinations and is a worldwide link knot. The airport has warned of a «significant interruption«In the next few days and pointed out that» passengers should not travel to the airport under any circumstances until the airport reopens «, and that they must contact their airline for more information. The cause of the fire is still being investigated, but some 150 people They have had to be evacuated from the area and some 16,000 homes They have also been affected. The Fire Department has indicated that «the fire is under control» and that they have already begun to investigate the causes of the event. However, he has affected a Transformer with 25,000 liters of cooling oil That still burns. From Heathrow, they have pointed out that «we know that this will be disappointing for passengers and we want to assure you that We are working as hard as possible to solve the situation”The National Grid electric operator has indicated that» a fire in the substation North Hydein western London, the equipment has damaged, which has caused an electricity supply cut in the area. We are working at full speed to restore electricity supply as soon as possible«. Apparently, the emergency electric supply Heathrow in case of accident has also been affected by the fire, as explained by the British Energy Minister, after being questioned by the absence of a 'plan B' In case of accident. Ed Miliband has said that, «for the moment, the attention focuses on restoring electricity. We still do not understand, even in its entirety, what caused the fall of the network or the fire. »
British Airwaysone of the main affected airlines, has indicated that «this will clearly have a significant impact on our operation and our clientsand we are working as quickly as possible to update them on their travel options for the next 24 hours and beyond. » IAGMatrix of British Airways and also of Iberia, Vueling and Aer Lingus, have fallen after the news, along with the titles of other airlines such as Air France-KLM, Lufthansa or Ryanair.
