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Heathrow defends response as questions grow about length of closure

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Heathrow defends response as questions grow about length of closure

Author: JILL LAWLESS Associated Press, ABC News
\ Published on: 24/03/2025 | 11:29:48

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\ Heathrow said it ran a full schedule on Saturday and Sunday. More than 1,300 flights were canceled on Friday after a fire knocked out one of three electrical substations. Industry experts say the chaos will cost airlines tens of millions of dollars. Heathrow said it had worked to reopen “as soon as safely and practically possible”. “Hundreds of critical systems across the airport were required to be safely powered down and then safely and systematically rebooted,” the airport said in a statement.

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