British officials want answers after a blaze at a high voltage electrical substation two miles away knocked out power to Europe’s busy travel hub, resulting in more than 1,300 flight

It could cost $100 million and take years to install the backup generators to prevent another hourslong power loss like the one at Britain’s biggest airport last week.

The UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband announced Saturday that he is ordering an investigation into the substation fire.

London's Heathrow Airport reopened on Saturday after a power outage at one of the world's busiest airports the previous day caused widespread chaos and cancellations.

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Heathrow said the airport, which was due to handle 1,351 flights during the day, flying up to 291,000 passengers, would stay closed until midnight.

One of the world’s busiest airports will be shut down all day Friday due to a fire at a substation that supplies it with power.

THE British government has ordered an urgent investigation into how a fire at an electricity substation left Heathrow Airport in London in darkness on March 21, crippling one of the world's busiest airports.