Ministers acknowledge ‘immense distress and disruption’ to passengers after substation fire forces airport to shut
- Heathrow airport closed –live updates
Downing Street has said there are “questions to answer” after a fire at an electrical substation closed down London Heathrow airport, stopping more than 1,350 flights and disrupting the journeys of hundreds of thousands of passengers.
Counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation into the “unprecedented” incident that left Britain’s biggest airport unable to function as engineers tried to restore power, but said there was “no indication of foul play”.
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