Heathrow Airport was forced to close all day on Friday after a fire caused a significant power outage, disrupting global travel. This unforeseen closure affected around 120 flights already in the air, leading to diversions to nearby airports, such as Gatwick. The scale of this disruption, comparable to the post-September 11 airspace closures, presented a logistical challenge for airlines worldwide. With Heathrow being a major travel hub, other airports lacked the capacity to manage the influx of diverted flights, impacting operational logistics, passenger transport, and airline staffing.
The closure of Heathrow for a day was unheard of for the industry, in terms of ramifications for global aviation, since the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Other airports can’t take anything close to the volume of Heathrow's five terminals, where there’s an arrival every minute.
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