Qasim Nauman

1 month ago | estadao.com.br | John Yoon |Qasim Nauman

O Aeroporto de Heathrow, o principal de Londres, o maior da Europa e um dos maiores do mundo, deve ficar fechado durante toda a sexta-feira, fechando um dos centros aéreos mais movimentados do mundo e causando interrupções nas viagens em todo o planeta, depois de um apagão provocado por um incêndio nas proximidades. Uma média de mais de 220 mil passageiros por dia viajou pelo aeroporto no ano passado, em voos oferecidos por dezenas de companhias aéreas para mais de 230 destinos em todo o mundo.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Qasim Nauman |Matthew Bigg |Joy Dong

Warren Hu had just settled into his flight from New York to London, where he planned to visit his girlfriend, when he became one of the thousands of passengers whose travel was thrown into disarray early Friday because of a fire near Heathrow Airport. The plane carrying Mr. Hu, a college student in New York, would be returning to the United States, a crew member announced. "I'm a bit surprised, but we can find a solution, so I'm trying to stay calm," he said in a text message from the plane.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | John Yoon |Qasim Nauman

London's Heathrow Airport was closed for all of Friday, shutting down one of the world's busiest airports and causing worldwide travel disruptions after it lost power because of a fire nearby. The closure disrupts an important travel hub for Britain, Europe and the world. Daily, an average of more than 220,000 passengers traveled through the airport last year on flights offered by 90 airlines to more than 180 destinations around the globe.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | John Yoon |Qasim Nauman

NowMarch 21, 2025, 2:10 a.m. ET London’s Heathrow Airport was closed early Friday and will remain shut through the rest of the day, bringing one of the world’s busiest airports to a halt after it lost power because of a nearby fire. The fire at an electrical substation in western London quickly …

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Qasim Nauman

Five hours after a fire at an electrical substation knocked out power for Heathrow Airport and thousands of homes in western London, the city's fire brigade said early Friday that it was still trying to bring the blaze under control. By 4 a.m. Friday, half of a transformer remained on fire, the London Fire Brigade said, warning that the disruptions caused by the blaze would increase into the morning.