Thomas Woldbye says while ‘lessons need to be learned’, most other airports operate similar back-up power systems
- Heathrow delays – live updates
The chief executive of Heathrow has defended the running of the airport after a fire at an electrical substation stopped about 1,300 planes and disrupted the journeys of hundreds of thousands of global passengers.
It comes after Willie Walsh, the International Air Transport Association’s director general, criticised Heathrow for the disruption.
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