Heathrow Airport in London, one of the world’s most prominent air centers, continued on Saturday all day of the service. But after the fire in the electric substation, he stopped the operations most of the Friday, Global Travel remained disturbed.
Police still investigated what caused a fire in the Western London substation that reduced power to tens of thousands of nearby homes, as well as in Heathrow. Metropolitan police said there were no direct indications of the ball game.
British Airways, Heathrow’s biggest carrier, said late Friday that he expects about 85 percent of his almost 600 departures and arrivals scheduled for Saturday, but that delays are likely to affect all passengers. The airline said she also canceled flights on high -frequency routes where passengers have more opportunities for re -posting.
It took 16 hours to end the disorder that began in the early morning hours of Friday. More than a thousand flights are diverted, which has devastated on more than a quarter of a million people’s plans from a million people, it is estimated that Cirium, a aviation data company.
The arrivals continued on Friday night. Heathrow representative said that in the coming days significant delays were expected while they tried to return their planes to their usual schedule.
“Do not travel to the airport unless the airline has advised you,” she said at the airport on Friday. “We hope to start a complete surgery tomorrow and we will soon provide additional information.”
The aircraft from all over the world went to Heathrow early on Saturday, including from Hong Kong, South Africa and Brazil, according to Flighthradar24, a tracking website.
Thomas Woldbye, Executive Director of Heathrow, said he was a spare transformer at the time of the fire for a subtitle, as it should be when the airport lost power, but that it was not enough to lead the whole facility. The London Fire Brigade said it was difficult to extinguish the flame because the substation held thousands of gallons to cool.
The British national network said the substation network was reconfigured to partly return the authorities to the airport and other customers.
