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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Harry Taylor

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

A man pushes a baggage trolley behind a woman pushing a pushchair at Heathrow Terminal 2
Heathrow airport on Saturday when flights restarted. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters

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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