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Heathrow Airport power outage

Non-inquiry session

In this one-off evidence session, the Committee will hear from Heathrow Airport and power providers. The session will focus on the recent power outage following a substation fire which led to the closure of Heathrow Airport on Friday 21 March 2025. This is likely to include discussing the resilience of this critical piece of national and international transport infrastructure to disruptions such as power outages, as well as the management of the incident and communication with stakeholders.

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Past events

Wednesday 2 April 2025
9:15am Public
Heathrow Airport power outage - Oral evidence 2 April 2025
9:15am
  • Thomas Woldbye (Chief Executive at Heathrow Airport Ltd)
  • Alice Delahunty (President, UK Electricity Transmission at National Grid)
  • Nigel Wicking (Chief Executive at Heathrow Airline Operators' Committee Limited)
  • Eliane Algaard (Operations Director at Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

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