“Heads must roll over this,” said Will Geddes in the Daily Express. London’s Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, shut down for 18 hours last week after a fire at an electrical substation cut off its power. At least 1,350 flights had to be canceled, fouling up travel for more than 200,000 people. Some planes already in the air were diverted to London’s Gatwick or Amsterdam’s Schiphol airports, but many flights were forced to make U-turns and land back where they had taken off. On one flight from India, passengers had been asleep for hours when the pilot woke them and announced grimly, “We’re on our way back to Delhi.” New York–bound traveler Monel Bailey, who had to walk partway to Heathrow after police turned away incoming car traffic, described a “scene…
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The Week (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 4, 2025