Heathrow Airport, a colossal hub serving more than 83.9 million passengers annually, recently found itself in the eye of a storm—one provoked not by passengers but by a catastrophic power outage. This event, which began with a fire at an electricity substation in Hayes, swiftly escalated into chaos, disrupting around 1,300 flights. The fallout was
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This past weekend, the world’s fifth-largest airport, Heathrow, found itself at the crossroads of chaos and frustration. After a fire at an electrical substation precipitated a massive power outage, the airport ground to a halt, leading to the shocking cancellation of over 800 flights. This staggering number illustrates not merely an inconvenience but an insidious
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