‘We’ve been sat on the cold, hard floor for hours’
Thousands of passengers have had their travel plans thrown into disarray after Heathrow Airport shut on Friday.
Homes near the airport were evacuated and some schools shut after a fire at an electrical substation in Hayes, west London, caused a power outage.
Heathrow said that it will “restart” some flights later on Friday, and said it hoped “to run a full operation” on Saturday. The airport warned passengers not to travel to the airport unless their airline has advised them to.
Passengers who were on flights already in the air have told the BBC of the disruption that ensued after they were diverted or turned back to where they had departed from.
Lucy Adler was midway through her flight back from India after a holiday when the captain woke everybody up and said: “We’re on our way back to Delhi.”
Courtesy: BBC