Heathrow flights resumed hours after power restored following fire
Power to Heathrow's terminals was restored seven hours before flights were able to resume after the substation fire that shut down the airport in March.
An interim report by the National Energy System Operator (Neso) said electricity to the four passenger terminals was restarted by 10.56am on March 21. Flights from Europe's busiest airport did not resume until 6pm.
It also said the root cause of the fire at the nearby North Hyde substation 'remains unknown'. The fire started in the late evening on March 20, plunging the airport into darkness.
Back-up generators worked correctly but only provided enough power to keep vital safety systems live. The airport requires the same amount of power as a 'small city', bosses said in the wake of the
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