Fire at Power Station Halts London’s Heathrow Airport Operations

Flames and smoke rise from the power station near Heathrow Airport, causing flight disruptions

On Friday, a heavy fire at the nearby power station stopped operations at the busy Heathrow Airport in London. This unexpected situation has disrupted global air travel, resulting or canceled over 1,000 flights, causing millions of passengers to be stranded at London and other places.

Angry airline companies have questioned Heathrow’s management, asking how such an important airport can be paralyzed by the power station fire. Meanwhile, security agencies have initiated an investigation to determine whether the fire was the task of terrorism.

Fire grows uncontrollably overnight

The fire broke out late on Thursday and quickly rose. By midnight, flames were visible from miles away. The phenomenon severely disrupted Heathrow’s general power supply, completely closed to one of the world’s busiest airports.

Flights interrupted, passengers stranded

On Friday, Heathro was scheduled to operate 1,351 flights, with around 291,000 passengers. With a sudden closure, several flights were redirected to other cities or neighboring countries in the UK. Long-hall flights were forced to return to points of its origin, causing great inconvenience to passengers.

Firefighters struggle to involve the explosion

The condition of 25,000 liters of cooling oil inside the power station transformer then deteriorated, causing a fire, making it almost impossible to control it. After hours of using the fire fighting foam, the fire was finally vested on Friday morning. However, later thousands of passengers struggled to find out, alternative transport options.

Passengers have to face chaos, rising cost

Thousands of passengers demanded an alternative travel system, stuck in London and other cities. The hotels in and around Heathro noticed that their prices increase by normal rates to five times. An American passenger from Iowa, 21 -year -old B.U. Sharing his experience, Maher said, “First, it felt like a adventure, but within hours, it turned into a bad dream.”

Economic impact on aviation industry

This disruption is expected to cost millions of pounds. The incident brings back memories of the 2010 Icelandic volcanic eruptions, which covered the sky with ashes and canceled around 100,000 flights.

Due to the operation of the Heathrow Airport, the authorities now face increasing pressure to examine the cause of the fire and to implement such major disruption in the future.