Power was restored early Friday to nearly all customers in Puerto Rico after an island-wide blackout hit earlier this week, authorities said. More than 1.45 million customers – or about 98.8% – had electricity less than 48 hours after the outage hit, according to Luma Energy, which oversees the transmission and distribution of power on…
An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the largely Catholic residents of the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate the Easter weekend, a power company spokesman said. All hospitals the island are operating on generators after the power went out at 12:38 p.m. Eastern Time, Veronica Ferraiuoli, acting governor and secretary of state for…
Home » AIRLINE NEWS » United Kingdom Heathrow Airport Opens After Substation Fire Disrupts Global Travel, Extra Flights And Staff Deployed Sunday, March 23, 2025 Heathrow Airport has announced it is “open and fully operational” after a fire at an off-site electrical substation led to a significant power outage, halting airport operations. The shutdown resulted…
Heathrow Airport has finally become “fully operational”, days after a fire at the power station that paralysed Europe’s largest aviation hub, a spokesperson said on Saturday. “We can confirm that Heathrow is open and fully operational today,” the spokesperson announced, according to the AFP news agency. “Teams across the airport continue to do everything they…
A British Airways flight from Hong Kong to London has been cancelled despite Heathrow Airport resuming operations following a major power outage, while five Cathay Pacific flights are departing the city for the UK as planned. A day after a fire at a nearby electrical substation knocked out its power supply and completely shut it…
Hundreds of thousands of passengers faced flight cancellations or turnarounds Friday after a fire caused a major power outage at London’s Heathrow Airport, one of the world’s busiest airports. While Heathrow officials originally said the airport would stay closed until at least midnight, the airport announced just before 12:30 p.m. ET that it would be…
London’s Heathrow Airport, one of the busiest in the world, was forced to shut down on Friday after a massive fire at a nearby electrical substation cut power to the facility. The disruption has led to the cancellation of at least 1,350 flights, affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers globally.Authorities confirmed that the airport will…