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BBC Verify's Nick Beake explains how Europe's busiest airport was taken out of action.

Your rights as the flight cancellations and disruption mount

With counterterrorism police leading the investigation, the possibility of sabotage was being taken seriously, though officials say there is no evidence of foul play.

Flights for thousands of passengers were disrupted by the shutdown at the London airport, one of the world’s major transport hubs.

Officials and travelers are calling for an investigation into not only how the blaze started, but how it was able to cause such a large disruption to global travel.

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Hundreds of additional employees were on duty, and flights were added to the schedule to accommodate thousands of extra passengers, the airport said.

Miliband said he wanted ‘to understand any wider lessons to be learned on energy resilience for critical national infrastructure’. Willie Walsh , the International Air Transport Association ’s ...

Airport has reopened but flights have been cancelled because planes and crews are in the wrong place

The British authorities ordered an urgent investigation, but some experts said that any airport would be crippled by being cut from the electrical grid.

Time spent switching power supply and rebooting systems raises doubts over resilience of Europe’s largest aviation hub

Police say they do not consider the incident a "potentially criminal matter" following a brief investigation.

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One of the world’s busiest airports canceled all arrivals and departures until 11:59 p.m. Friday after a fire nearby disrupted power. The airport serves about 1,300 flights a day.

The London Fire Brigade said that disruptions from the fire, at an electrical substation, would increase into Friday. Its cause was not immediately known.

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Lots of people need to secure hotel rooms and new travel plans.

About 80 airlines operate at the airport, London’s busiest travel hub.

Customers with few alternatives complain of ‘price gouging’ after flights cancelled

The blaze was at a nearby substation. Around 200,000 people had their travel plans disrupted.

When crises occur, airline network operation centers go into overdrive, but managing the response is a delicate balance.

British Airways to operate a small number of flights on Friday evening after fire shut Europe’s busiest airport for most of day

Within hours of a fire at a power substation, one of the world’s busiest airports was closed to all flights

Flights are resuming after disruption due to a fire at a nearby substation caused a power outage at the airport.

Fire at electricity substation that shut down Europe’s busiest airport raises questions about resilience of UK infrastructure

Today programme presenter Emma Barnett asks Thomas Woldbye if people should be fired after Friday's disruption.

The blaze forced Britain’s largest airport to cancel or divert more than 1,000 flights on Friday and removed a linchpin of global air travel. Counterterrorism police were investigating the cause of ...

Information boards showed that most flights would leave on time, but the lines at ticketing counters signaled that many travelers were in for more delays.

A fire at a substation in London cut off power to one of the world’s busiest airports, causing travel disruptions globally. But some flights resumed Friday evening.

Government says lessons need to be learned after the substation fire that caused chaos for 300,000 passengers. The government has launched an urgent investigation into the power shutdown that ...

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband says there are lessons to be learned after substation fire led to major flight disruption on Friday.

Officers find ‘no evidence’ the origins of the west London blaze were ‘suspicious’

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.

When the airport shut down travelers were on the hook for reservations that could not be canceled, expensive new flights and missed events that airlines don’t reimburse for. How can you protect ...

When the airport shut down travelers were on the hook for reservations that could not be canceled, expensive new flights and missed events that airlines don’t reimburse for. How can you protect ...

When the airport shut down travelers were on the hook for reservations that could not be canceled, expensive new flights and missed events that airlines don’t reimburse for. How can you protect ...

London's Heathrow Airport is closing Friday due to a significant power outage caused by a nearby fire at an electricity substation.

The BBC's Charlotte Gallagher reports from Heathrow Airport which is going to be closed all day.