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London's Heathrow airport completely shuts down after fire causes major power outage | DW News
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4:09Now PlayingBritain's Heathrow Airport has completely shutdown and will be closed all day on Friday following a large fire at a nearby electrical substation knocked out power to one of the world's busiest airports."To maintain the safety of our passengers and colleagues, Heathrow will be closed until 23h59 on 21 March," Heathrow Airport said in a post on X, adding that "passengers are advised not to travel to the airport and should contact their airline for further information." Scores of flights were already being diverted to land at other airports. According to flight tracking website FlightRadar24, at the time of the airport's closure, "120 aircraft were in the air that will be diverting to alternate airports or returning to their origins." A Qantas flight arriving from Perth, Australia, was diverted to Paris' Charles de Gaulle while a United Airlines flight from New York was due to land in Ireland's Shannon instead, news agencies reported. Some flights from the US were turning around mid-air and returning to their point of departure, according to the Reuters news agency. Other flights from as far afield as Lagos, Johannesburg and Singapore were being diverted to nearby Gatwick Airport. Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, handles more than than 80 million passengers a year.
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