Heathrow bosses were warned of the risk of the failure of a power substation days before an electrical fire shut the airport for almost 24 hours, MPs have been told.Nigel Wicking, chief executive of the Heathrow Airline Operators’ Committee (HAOC),

The blaze forced Britain’s largest airport to cancel or divert more than 1,000 flights on Friday and removed a linchpin of global air travel. Counterterrorism police were investigating the cause of the fire.

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The boss of Heathrow came under fire for an 18-hour shutdown at the airport last month after an airline representative said he had raised concerns about the hub's resilience days earlier, as lawmakers scrutinised the nationally embarrassing incident.

Heathrow Airport was warned about risks to its power supply days before it closed following a major fire. Nigel Wicking, chief executive of Heathrow Airline Operators Committee, which represents airlines that use the London airport,

The Independent estimates the total cost to airlines at Heathrow as £100m in lost revenue and passenger care expenses