Heathrow Airport stirred back to life late Friday, with flights slowly resuming about 18 hours after an inferno at an electrical substation caused a power outage that shuttered Europe’s busiest air travel hub and left 200,00 passengers stranded. The first departure took place late Friday. Earlier, a British Airways jet touched down just before sunset after Heathrow lifted its closure order.
First plane takes off from Heathrow Airport after day-long closure sparked by a nearby fire
Heathrow Airport stirred back to life late Friday, with flights slowly resuming about 18 hours after an inferno at an electrical substation caused a power outage that shuttered Europe’s busiest air travel hub and left 200,00 passengers stranded. The first departure took place late Friday. Earlier, a British Airways jet touched down just before sunset after Heathrow lifted its closure order.