Heathrow Airport

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    #1 Farnham_Red, Mar 21, 2025
    Closed all day due to a fire in an nearby substation
    Is is just me that is a bit surprised they dont have any back up solution and one substation takes out the entire airport
     
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    #2 mansfield_red, Mar 21, 2025
    Odds on it being a Russian arsonist?
     
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    #3 orsenkaht, Mar 21, 2025
    Backup system taken out by the same incident, apparently.
     
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    #4 arabian_ian, Mar 21, 2025
    Then why not have a back up, back up station?
     
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    #5 orsenkaht, Mar 21, 2025
    That also failed, I heard on radio.
     
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    #6 wakeyred, Mar 21, 2025
    Indeed, paid Russian lacky has been setting fire to things in Lithuania and Poland in recent times.
     
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    #7 Mr Badger, Mar 21, 2025
    I've got a couple of phone power banks they can borrow.
    USB to micro A or C connectors.
     
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    #8 Andy Mac, Mar 21, 2025
    Yes, I'd be monitoring CCTV of any Cathedrals in the general Heathrow vicinity today.
     
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    #9 Tonjytyke, Mar 21, 2025
    I'd be checking for a consignment of gold bullion travelling through the city centre!
     
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    #10 DannyWilsonLovechild, Mar 21, 2025
    Bonus that the skies are a lot quieter over the South East today!
     
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    #11 Stephen Dawson, Mar 21, 2025
    Andre Arshavin.
     
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