On Thursday evening, a fire of the electrical substation broke out in Hayes in the west of London. The fire paralyzed the work of the Heathrow airportwhich the current derives from there.
The airport remains closed until midnight on Friday. Voices of criticism have already appeared in public space, but also concerns about airport management.
London. The fire paralyzed the airport. “Heathrow failed travelers and airlines”
CEO of the International Association of Air Carriers (IATA) Willie Walsh estimated that the interruptions in the supply of electricity to the airport caused by a fire near Heathrow, They arouse serious questionsregarding plans for the emergency airport.
Walsh, whose words are cited by the Flightglobal portal, assessed the situation as “another case in which Heathrow failed both travelers and airlines “.
As he emphasized, Critical infrastructure should not only depend on one power sourcebecause it would be a failure in the planning of the airport's work.
In turn, Minister of Transport Heidi Alexander admitted that the incident was “Apart from the control of the airport”.
Great interference of Heathrow's work. 150 people were evacuated
The spokesman for the airport informed earlier that passengers should prepare for significant difficulties that may take up to several days. WITH 70 firefighters and 10 fire trucks fought with firein turn, about 150 people were evacuated.
Heathrow airport supports about 1,300 flights a day. In connection with the transformer fire on the electrical substation, the airlines had to redirect for other airports in Great Britain and Europe.
The head of the local fire brigade informed that there was a transformer in the transformer 25,000 liters of cooling oil.