How an Electrical Fire Shut Down Heathrow and Upended Global Air Travel

Slashdot
By msmashMar 22, 2025, 3:00 am190 ptsTrendingTop
London's Heathrow Airport resumed operations late Friday after an electrical fire at a nearby substation forced a full-day closure, causing global travel chaos with hundreds of canceled flights and thousands of stranded passengers. The explosion at a Hayes substation 1.5 miles from the airport knocked out power…

Read Article Share
Share Article
- email
- twitter
- facebook
- pocket
- reddit
- tumblr
- linkedin
- pinterest

Trending Today on Tech News Tube

Netflix’s Live-Action One Piece Loses Its Co-Showrunner

Gizmodo

Netflix’s Live-Action One Piece Loses Its Co-Showrunner 129

Kuo: iPhone 18 Models Will Feature 2nm Chips

MacRumors

Kuo: iPhone 18 Models Will Feature 2nm Chips 129

Italy Demands Google Poison Its Public DNS Under Strict Piracy Shield Law

Slashdot

Italy Demands Google Poison Its Public DNS Under Strict Piracy Shield Law 128

Rebooting A Retro PDP-11 Workstation - and Its Classic 'Venix' UNIX

Slashdot

Rebooting A Retro PDP-11 Workstation - and Its Classic 'Venix' UNIX 127

ZQUIP modular power lets job sites switch from diesel to EV on the same machine

Electrek

ZQUIP modular power lets job sites switch from diesel to EV on the same machine 126

Amazon’s Black Friday Magic Is Back, the 65″ LG C3 OLED TV Is at a Price You Can’t Refuse

Gizmodo

Amazon’s Black Friday Magic Is Back, the 65″ LG C3 OLED TV Is at a Price You Can’t Refuse 126

Six Countries Named as 'Likely' Purchasers of Paragon's Cellphone Spyware

Slashdot

Six Countries Named as 'Likely' Purchasers of Paragon's Cellphone Spyware 125

Hue accidentally leaks a new video doorbell

The Verge

Hue accidentally leaks a new video doorbell 125

About Tech News Tube

Tech News Tube is a real time news feed of the latest technology news headlines.

Follow all of the top tech sites in one place, on the web or your mobile device.

Featured

America's College Board Launches AP…

America's College Board Launches AP Cybersecurity Course For Non-College-Bound…

U.S. Secret Service in talks on armored…

U.S. Secret Service in talks on armored cars with this automaker

Charlie Javice trial becomes a master…

Charlie Javice trial becomes a master class in hubris for both sides

The open-source AI debate: Why selective transparency poses a serious risk

What to read this weekend: A historical…

What to read this weekend: A historical horror classic in the making, and an…

Was Undersea Cable Sabotage Part of a…

Was Undersea Cable Sabotage Part of a Larger Pattern?

Cloudflare is luring web-scraping bots…

Cloudflare is luring web-scraping bots into an ‘AI Labyrinth’

Tesla quietly added this extra Sentry…

Tesla quietly added this extra Sentry Mode feature to deter vandals

Surprisingly, Some Dyson Spheres and…

Surprisingly, Some Dyson Spheres and Ringworlds Can Be Stable

Minecraft will drop two new games and…

Minecraft will drop two new games and more movie details