Service at Heathrow airport returns to normal two days after forced closure

More than a thousand flights were cancelled on Friday after a fire at an electrical substation caused a power cut
Heathrow airport has returned to normal business two days after it was forced to close when a fire at an electrical substation caused a power cut.
Europe’s busiest airport had more than 1,000 flights cancelled on Friday after the fire at the substation in Hayes, west London.
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