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

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨GreenSofaBed@feddit.is⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cly24zvvwxlt

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  • blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    A part of me wonders if this was a genuine failure or sabotage.

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    • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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      “We heard this substation was the tallest in Britain. We were visiting it as tourists.”

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    • gnutrino@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Part of the Metropolitan police too it would seem given that they’ve brought in counter terrorism officers

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  • Nighed@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    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?

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    • DavidGA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It does. That failed too. They don’t know why yet. It’s too early to bother speculating.

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  • Mex@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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