National Grid failures led to fire that caused Heathrow shutdown, report says

Story: A fire that closed the Heathrow airport in March and closed thousands of passengers was due to the inability of the National Grid to maintain the electrical transformer center.

According to an official report published on Wednesday.

The closure of Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, cost tens of millions of pounds.

He also revealed questions about the flexibility of British infrastructure.

The report follows a review of the incident by the National Energy System Operator on March 21st.

He manages the electricity network and left the national network last year.

As a result of the report, British energy -regulator Ofgem launched an executive investigation.

In one of the high -voltage signs in the transformer center of the transformer, the “disaster fault” has seen evidence that the transformer caused fire to fire.

And national grill controls were not effective on the spot.

A national grille spokesman, the company is a comprehensive asset audit and maintenance program, he said.

And since the fire, it has taken more action.

Ofgem plans to review whether the national network complies with the relevant legislation and license conditions.

An independent control to review whether failures are one -time or systemic.