This frame grab taken from a UGC video shot and posted on X on March 21, 2025 by @fire_at_Vill shows a fire burning at a neighborhood electrical substation supplying power to Heathrow Airport in Hayes, west London. Photo: AFP / Supplied
The complete shutdown of Heathrow Airport has stranded thousands of passengers and is estimated to cost tens of millions of dollars and has stranded
A fire at a nearby electrical substation knocked out the airport's power supply and its back-up power on Thursday night local time.
It's the largest disruption to one of the world's busiest airports since the Icelandic ash cloud of 2010.
Some flights have since resumed. Mihi speaks to our Europe correspondent Olly Barratt.
