UK’s Heathrow airport shuts amid outage, throwing global travel into chaos

London airport says it will close until midnight on Friday for the safety of passengers and workers. The United Kingdom’s Heathrow airport has closed until midnight on Friday due to a power outage, throwing the plans of tens of thousands of travellers into chaos. London’s main airport, which Europe’s busiest gateway, said on Friday that it had suffered a “significant” power failure due to a fire at an electrical substation supplying the facility. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #aljazeeraenglish #BreakingNews #HeathrowPowerOutage #HeathrowClosed #LondonAirportChaos #PowerFailureHeathrow #HeathrowDisruption #AirportShutdown #HeathrowDelay #HeathrowEmergency #UKTravelDisruption #HeathrowTravelChaos