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Major disruption as Heathrow closed all day after nearby fire causes power outage

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Major disruption as Heathrow closed all day after nearby fire causes power outage

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Urgent investigation ordered into power outage that closed Heathrow, energy secretary says

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband says there are "lessons to be learned" after a substation fire brought the major airport to a standstill on Friday.

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That’s going to be chaos for at least a week, (assuming they get power back today!)

Shouldn’t an airport that big have redundant power feeds?
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  It does. That failed too. They don’t know why yet. It’s too early to bother speculating.

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