2025-03-21
12 分钟Major disruption as an electrical outage shuts London's Heathrow Airport.
As we know in the aviation world, schedules are really tight.
It takes a long time to recover from this type of disruption.
So really a significant moment today.
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London's Heathrow Airport is shut after an electrical fire knocked out power to Europe's busiest travel hub.
The airport is a major gateway for American travelers to Europe and expects disruption for days with at least 1300 flights affected today alone,
about 120 aircraft en route to Heathrow when the fire broke out.
With those flights having to either land at a different airport or return home.
Here's the moment
that an American Airlines pilot flying from North Carolina to Heathrow had to do just that.
We have made a 180 degree turn.
We are headed back to Charlotte.
Let me tell you what's going on.
There was a huge fire in the power substation at London Heathrow.