London Airport: On Saturday (March 22, 2025) by Heathro Airport in London, it was reported that flights have started again after the power supply was disrupted and the airport is now completely operational. The statement issued by the airport said, ‘We can confirm that Heathro has opened today and is completely operational. Teams at the airport are making every effort to help the passengers affected by the failure of the power substation located outside the airport yesterday. We have added flights to today’s schedule for the convenience of additional 10,000 passengers traveling from the airport. Passengers have suggested to contact their airline for the latest information about their flight.

Heathro Airport CEO Thomas Woldboy said that he does not expect a large number of flights to delay and cancellation on Saturday, but the airlines will have to deal with the passengers who are trapped by the obstruction due to power cuts.

Anti -terrorism team investigating the cause of the fire

According to The Guardian report, the travel plan of 2,00,000 people is expected to be interrupted by the closure of one of the world’s busy airports. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Police (MAT) anti-terrorism officer is investigating the fire in the nearby power substation, due to which the airport was closed. He said that the anti -terrorism team is leading the investigation.

Cancelled after fire

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said that there is no indication of any disturbance at the moment but the officials are working with an open mind regarding the cause of the fire. According to the report by the news agency Xinhua, flights were canceled after two explosions and fire in an electric substation in Hayes, West London on Thursday night. People were evacuated from their homes and local schools were closed. Some aircraft were sent to other airports including London Gatvik Airport, Paris and Shannon Airport in Ireland.

Last year, the airport, which handled a record 83.9 million passengers, said its back-up diesel generators were working as expected but have not been designed to allow them to operate full. Britain’s energy regulator offgame announced that he would review the cause of the incident and what lessons can be learned from it.

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London heathrow airport shutdown: Heathrow Airport in London has announced to shut down air services for a full day on Friday (March 21). This airport is one of the busiest airports in the world. More than 1300 flights have been canceled due to the closure of the airport. The airport has cited the horrific fire in the power substation behind this announcement. In fact, a fierce fire broke out in the power substation on the night of Thursday (March 20), it disrupted the power supply in the entire area.

Meanwhile, Heathro Airport has also discontinued air services for 24 hours on Friday (March 21) and all the flights going to and from the airport have been canceled. Due to which global air travel was affected. At the same time, after this incident, the train service going to the airport has also been suspended.

Airport posted a statement on X

Heathro Airport posted a post on X and said in its statement, “Heathro is facing a huge reduction due to fire in the electric substation that supplies electricity to the airport.” The statement further said, “Keeping in mind the safety of all our passengers and colleagues after this accident, Heathro will remain closed till 23:59 pm on Friday (March 21). Passengers are advised not to travel to the airport and contact Ainlines for any other information. We are sorry for inconvenience.”

Due to a fire at an Electrical Substation Supplying The Airport, Heathrow is Experience a Significant Power Outage.

To maintaain the safety of our passengers and collegues, heathrow will be closed until 23h59 on 21 March.

Passengers are advised not to travel to the airport… pic.twitter.com/7swnjp8ojd

– Heathrow Airport (@Heathrowairport) March 21, 2025

In a statement to CNN, a spokesman for Heathro Airport said, “We are expected to have trouble for several days to come and passengers should not travel to the airport under any circumstances till the airport is reopening.”

The airport told Alajjira, “We are trying to stop passengers from traveling to the airport. Apart from this, we are talking about delayed, diverted and canceled flights with our airline partners. Passengers can contact our airline partners for rebuking.”

Lander Fire Brigade gave information

In the London Fire Brigade, CNN said in its report, “A power substation caught fire on Thursday (March 20) in Hes, located just a few miles away from the airport. This has disrupted power supply in 16,000 houses in the area. However, the cause of the fire has not been known so far.”

Flight tracking website Flyterdar 24 said, “The global air service has been affected due to the closure of the airport. The incident affected around 1351 flights.”

Heathrow airport power outage: One of the world’s busiest airports has a big problem at Heathro Airport in London. Due to this crisis, all flight operations have been stopped from Heathro Airport for 24 hours. Since this airport is an important transit hub, thousands of passengers are stranded here and no one knows when the situation will be normal.

This crisis occurred due to a fire in the electricity sub-station of the airport. Due to this fire, the power supply of Heathro Airport was completely stalled. According to reports, electricity is expected to be restored by 11:59 pm, after which flight operations can be resumed. At present, due to power outage, all working activities at the airport have come to a standstill and passengers are facing a lot of trouble.

Large crisis due to fire at Heathro Airport

Flight operations have been severely affected by a fire at Heathro Airport in London. The airport administration has appealed to passengers not to come to the airport and advise them to take updates from their airlines continuously. In view of the power outage, all operations have been stopped to ensure the safety of passengers.

Passengers advise to contact airlines

The statement released on the official X (East Twitter) handle of Heathro Airport said that the power outage was caused by a fire in the power supply substation. The airport will remain closed till 11:59 pm on March 21 due to security reasons. The administration has asked the passengers not to come to the airport and contact your airline for further information. As well as sorry for inconvenience.

Hundreds of passengers were evacuated

According to a spokesman for Heathro Airport, firefighters are busy extinguishing the fire, but they are facing difficulties due to the high intensity of the fire. According to the London Fire Brigade, about 150 people have been taken out of the airport as a precaution so far.

Eurocontrol, an agency watching air traffic in Europe, has banned the landing of any flight at Heathro Airport. Flights are being diverted towards other airports due to air traffic disruptions.

According to the flight tracking website “Flight Radar 24”, Kantas Airways diverted the flight from its Perth to Paris. The United Airlines turned the flight from New York to Shannon, Ireland in another direction. At present, the situation at Heathro Airport remains serious and passengers have been advised to take updates from the airline till next information.