London's Heathrow airport had "enough power" from other substations following Friday's fire that caused the airport to shut down, and that two other substations remained operational and capable of powering the airport,

John Pettigrew, the CEO of National Grid, has claimed that Heathrow had access to two additional substations with “enough power” to keep operations running.

The National Grid has said it is “deeply sorry” following an electrical fire that led to the catastrophic closure of Heathrow Airport on Friday, leaving thousands stranded.

The Thursday night chaos saw 25,000 litres of cooling oil igniting in a fireball, although the cause of the blaze is still unknown. It forced Heathrow to shut down for 18 hours, causing travel ...

Britain's National Grid said on Friday the network of the North Hyde substation, in west London, has been reconfigured to restore power to the parts of Heathrow Airport connected to it on an interim basis.

Britain’s Heathrow defended its decision to shut down operations at Europe’s busiest airport on Friday as the blame game intensified over an 18-hour closure that cost airlines tens of millions of pounds and stranded thousands of passengers.

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