His CEO Heathrow AirportThomas Woldbye apologized to the thousands of passengers trapped because of fire in an electrical substation, stating that it “regrets very much” for the inconvenience caused.
At the same time, however, he defended his reaction Heathrow Airport in the “unprecedented” power loss caused by fire to substation, saying that ‘We can’t guard 100%ยป.
Woldbye described the fire that shut down an electricity substation in Hayes in the early hours of Friday (21.03.2025) as “the largest that broke out at our airport”, with thousands of passengers experiencing an incredible hassle from the closure of the airport.
Noted that the Airport’s reserve systems “worked as they should”as he tried to defend the actions of one of the busiest airports in the world.
In an interview, Woldbye said London’s Heathrow Airport It has three electricity substations, each with a “reserve transformer”.
But he said, in order to divert into another substation after interruption of the benefit, The airport must “restructure power supply”, adding that it takes time.
Asked if the main supply and backup of Heathrow are at the same point, Woldbye said: “We have three (substations), so two of them were not lost, but each of them has a backup and yes, the spare transformer for this benefit was also lost.”
“This is an important incident. I mean, if no one is wrong, that’s the biggest thing that can happen, “he said. He added that the closure of the airport was not lightly made the heart and was only due to serious safety concerns.
Heathrow Airport leader said he expects the airport to be fully operational until tomorrow morning, after the power outage due to a nearby fire that caused the closure of Europe’s busiest airport.
“Tomorrow morning, we expect to be in full operation again, so 100% operation as a normal day,” he said.
Asked if the passengers who are going to fly tomorrow should adjust their travel plans, the CEO said they should continue normally.
“There is no reason to come earlier. They should come to the airport as they planned to do differently, “Woldbye said.
The Directorate of British Airport Heathros It announced this night shortly after 18:00 in Greece the resumption of “certain flights” this evening, stressing that the airport will return to full operation tomorrow Saturday.