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.