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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Amelia Neath

Heathrow airport: Pilot admits ‘I don’t know where we’re going’ in mid-air during flight diversion chaos

A passenger whose plane was due to land at Heathrow today said the pilot told those onboard that they had no idea where they could land after Europe’s biggest airport shut after a fire caused a major power outage.

Thousands of travel plans have been thrown into chaos after London’s Heathrow Airport closed in the early hours, and it will remain so until at least 11.59pm on Friday, 21 March – with 1,351 flights have been affected.

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