Cause of Heathrow shutdown fire still unknown, initial report says

Lessons 'already being learned after Hayes substation fire'

THE cause of a fire at North Hyde, Hayes, which led to the shutdown of Heathrow Airport, remains unknown, according to an interim report.

London Heathrow remains main option for British trade

The sudden closure of Europe’s busiest airport, London Heathrow, following a fire at a near-by electrical substation had a profound temporary impact on the UK’s supply chains.

Heathrow: Airport shutdown cause still unknown, report says

An interim report finds power was restored to Heathrow seven hours before flights resumed.

The cause of the fire that closed Heathrow Airport and disrupted the travel of hundreds of thousands of passengers worldwide remains unknown, an interim report has said.

Flailing Energy Quango Says It Doesn’t Know Cause of Heathrow Fire

The National Energy System Operator has this morning released its interim report into the Heathrow power outage. 16 hours of closure, over 1,000 flights cancelled… The renewable energy quango’s report establishes a detailed timeline of events but fails to produce any explanation for the fire at North Hyde Substation and subsequent outage: “The root cause of the fire remains unknown whilst forensic fire investigations are ongoing.[…] Read the rest

Heathrow took 7 hours to restart flights after power restored, report finds

Root cause of blaze at electricity substation supplying Europe’s busiest airport still not known