Heathrow executives are defending their response to a fire that shut down Europe’s busiest air hub for almost a day.

Heathrow’s chief executive has defended the airport’s response to the power outage and shutdown that sparked global travel chaos, apologizing to stranded passengers and confirming the airport is “operating as normal” Saturday.

Britain's Heathrow defended its decision to shut down operations at Europe's busiest airport last Friday as the blame game intensified over an 18-hour closure which cost airlines tens of millions of pounds and stranded thousands of passengers.

Flights are now landing and taking off at Heathrow after Friday's fire at a nearby substation shut down Europe’s busiest airport for most of the day, causing major disruption

Heathrow Airport in the UK was shut down for an entire day due to a fire that also affected thousands of homes in the region. Radar images reveal the state of flights during the incident. The post Chaos at Heathrow Airport summarized in an air traffic control image appeared first on Trânsito e metrô.