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Famous workplace mishaps, from sleeping through alarms to mistaken identity

Heathrow boss missed emergency calls as his phone was on silent – but things can also get missed on live TV

The Guardian - UK

Heathrow boss sorry for sleeping through outage with phone on silent

Thomas Woldbye missed emergency notifications and phone calls after nearby fire led to airport being shut down

The Guardian - UK

Review sheds light on decision to shut Heathrow amid substation fire

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Heathrow chief’s phone on silent mode as fire unfolded, inquiry finds

Thomas Woldbye’s mobile was ‘on his bedside table’ but on silent mode, the Kelly Review said.

Evening Standard

Heathrow boss slept until 6.45am on day of power shutdown due to his phone being on silent

Review into shutdown finds ‘decision to stop operations would not have changed’ if Thomas Woldbye had been involved

The Independent UK

Heathrow power outage: How airport chaos unfolded as cause remains ‘unknown’

Exclusive: The definitive sequence of events behind a shutdown that had devastating emotional and economic consequences

The Independent UK

Heathrow’s highest airport charges in the world blamed on ‘unique challenges’

Exclusive: Airport says constrained area, expensive building costs and prevalence of long-haul flying make high fees inevitable

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Heathrow passenger numbers tumble after fire shutdown but record 2025 still expected

Airport boss blames ‘changing holidays this year’ for drop in traffic

The Independent UK

Heathrow Airport shutdown: What we learnt from travel chaos and how could it be prevented?

It takes 10 hours to restore key airport systems if they lose power, MPs on the Transport Select Committee were told

The Independent UK

Heathrow should not mark its own homework on energy resilience

External examination of choice to close after fire would have more credibility than review by a board director. It is not too late

The Guardian - UK

Heathrow power supply fears were raised days before substation fire, MPs hear

The airport was closed to all flights for most of Friday March 21.

Evening Standard

Heathrow bosses taken to task over huge power failure that ruined holidays

Heathrow bosses were warned of substation power failure risk days before electrical fire shut airport

The Independent UK

Airlines warned Heathrow about power supply risks days before outage, MPs told

Concerns about cable theft raised with airport before substation fire but Heathrow chief defends handling of incident

The Guardian - UK

Disastrous Heathrow power cut will cost airlines up to £100m, MPs told

Heathrow boss says it would cost £1 billion to protect airport from closure during a similar power cut in future

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Heathrow bosses were warned of substation power failure risk days before electrical fire shut airport

A quarter of a million passengers were affected by the closure – but Heathrow boss says its command and control system ‘worked exactly right’

Evening Standard

Heathrow boss to be questioned by MPs over airport’s closure

Chief executive Thomas Woldbye will give evidence to the Transport Select Committee on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

Heathrow boss: better power supply to avoid outage repeat could cost £1bn

Airlines could face higher charges to help fund new system at airport, which was shut down by substation fire

Evening Standard

Heathrow airport shutdown disrupted 270,000 air passenger journeys

Some 234,000 passengers booked to fly to or from Heathrow on Friday had their flight cancelled, diverted or delayed

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More than 270,000 passenger journeys were affected by Heathrow shutdown

The majority of people disrupted had their flights cancelled, diverted or delayed on Friday March 21.

Evening Standard

Counter terrorism police find 'no evidence' fire near Heathrow Airport was suspicious

Almost 300,000 passengers across more than 1,300 flights had their trips cancelled at Europe’s busiest airport

The Independent UK

Heathrow boss to be hauled in front of MPs after fire closure disrupted 200,000 passengers

Chief executive Thomas Woldbye will give evidence to the Transport Select Committee

Evening Standard

Heathrow boss to be questioned by MPs over closure

Chief executive Thomas Woldbye will give evidence to the Transport Select Committee.

Evening Standard

Pressure mounts on Heathrow boss as airlines threaten legal action over fire shutdown chaos

Warning of potential legal action comes as No10 and Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander decline to say they have confidence in Thomas Woldbye

The Guardian - UK

Was Heathrow’s response to fire at a substation really the best it could do?

Given the airport had uninterrupted power from two other substations, did it have to shut down for long?

The Independent UK

Under-fire Heathrow boss insists controversial decision to shut airport ‘wasn’t difficult’

Exclusive: Thomas Woldbye insists shutting down was the only option following fire at nearby power station – despite head of National Grid maintaining that the airport could have stayed open

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