London Heathrow is expected to be closed all day on 21MAR after a massive fire knocked out power to the world’s fifth busiest airport.
Published reports say LHR’s closure is expected to affect more than 1,300 flights, possibly impacting 300,000 pax.
Airport officials are warning of significant disruption in the next few days, so many more cancellations are likely.
The CBC quotes London Fire Brigade officials as saying it took firefighters about seven hours to get the blaze under control. By early morning the roads around Britain's biggest airport were largely deserted, except for some passengers walking away with their luggage.
The BBC said the fire began shortly before midnight London time. It also said the fire involved a transformer containing 25,000 litres (5,499 gallons) of cooling fluid, which had been set alight.
Stay tuned to Open Jaw for more on this developing story
