The UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband announced Saturday that he is ordering an investigation into the substation fire.

Britain's aviation watchdog will consider Heathrow airport's resilience rules as part of a regular review, it said on Thursday, following a closure last week that disrupted global flight schedules and stranded thousands of passengers.

said he was “surprised” at the lack of “resilience” at London Heathrow Airport, after a fire at a nearby substation halted operations for much of the day on March 21. “I was surprised ...

The Heathrow shutdown has highlighted how even advanced infrastructures can be brought to a standstill by a single point of failure. Risk management, therefore, is not about eliminating uncertainty but minimising its impact through preparedness and foresight,

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It could cost $100 million and take years to install the backup generators to prevent another hourslong power loss like the one at Britain’s biggest airport last week.

“It was a surprise, to be honest, that Heathrow doesn’t have resilience for a situation ... and Eliane Algaard, operations director at Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks, which owns ...

There is no evidence to suggest the substation fire that shut down Heathrow airport was suspicious, police say. The fire, which broke out in Hayes on Friday, resulted in the closure of Britain's busiest airport for a day.

A substation fire caused Heathrow Airport to go dark, forcing planes to be grounded even with backup generators.