London’s Heathrow Airport closed on Friday after a fire at a nearby electrical substation, resulting in hundreds of flight cancellations.

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 ...

National Grid's chief executive has said Heathrow had "enough power" from other substations following Friday's fire that caused the airport to shut down. John Pettigrew told the Financial Times ...

HEATHROW has blasted a National Grid boss who claimed the airport had "enough power to stay open" following a substation fire. The shutdown of the entire airport on Friday, due to a loss of power ...

Heathrow Airport chiefs have clapped back at the National Grid CEO's claims, insisting that despite assertions of sufficient power from alternate substations, Friday's shutdown was unavoidable.

Energy secretary Ed Miliband orders grid operator to conduct ‘urgent’ probe into fire which caused ‘unprecedented’ Heathrow shutdown ...

Late on Sunday, Heathrow said: “As the National Grid’s chief executive, John Pettigrew, noted, he has never seen a transformer failure like this in his 30 years in the industry. His view confirms that ...

The National Grid's chief executive has said Heathrow had "enough power" from other substations following Friday's fire that caused the airport to shut down.

A spokesperson for the airport said the "unprecedented incident" meant it would not have been possible for Heathrow to "operate interrupted". A statement added: "As the National Grid’s chief ...

National Grid (NYSE:NGG) is Heathrow's main source of power, even as the airport has emergency back-up power supplies, which use diesel generators and batteries, but they only keep crucial safety ...