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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ellie Ng

UNCOVERED: What we know about the events leading to heathrow airport closure | History Defined

Smoke billows from the damaged North Hyde electrical substation (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

A power outage forced Heathrow Airport to close for hours on Friday, resulting in major disruption for passengers flying to and from Europe’s busiest airport.

The power loss was caused by a blaze at an electricity substation in Hayes, west London, late on Thursday evening.

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