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National Grid bosses claim they were not told of fire risk defect at Heathrow site
National Grid has insisted its management teams were “not made aware” of problems at a London electricity substation years ...
Does anyone come out clean from Heathrow Airport power outage?
Who comes out clean from the chaos that engulfed Heathrow Airport in March? Today’s revelations from the NESO report were ...
Heathrow Power Outage Was Due to Equipment Issue Known for Years
A massive power outage that crippled operations at Heathrow Airport in March resulted from the failure of critical equipment ...
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Heathrow Airport power outage cause identified 7 years before substation fire
A report into what caused a substation fire in March 2025 that left Heathrow almost powerless has placed the likely blame on ...
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'Elevated' moisture reading ignored before Heathrow-closing conflagration, says NESO
The insulating bushing at North Hyde Substation that caused the March fire was detected in 2018 through oil testing which ...
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Fire that closed Heathrow traced to unrepaired transformer
A fire at an electrical substation that forced a shutdown at London's Heathrow Airport in March was likely caused by moisture ...
'Catastrophic failure' that led to Heathrow power outage revealed - as report outlines missed chances to prevent it
A power outage that shut Heathrow Airport earlier this year, causing travel chaos for more than 270,000 passengers, was ...