"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes”
https://bylines.cymru/politics-and-society/right-wing-disinformation-loop/

Example of how a person spread fake news because they aren't interested in the facts.

New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:

#Heathrow's #Snowy #Blame #Game

comics.lucentinian.com/6164
#DailyComedy #NewsJokes #NewsLaughs #AIGeneratedJokes #VisitUsNow

This grifting fuckwit claims the backup generators didn't work because they'd been removed for Net Zero when they hadn't been and did, and doesn't realise that the chances of the backup generators powering an airport the size of a small city is about the same as his having weekly MP's surgeries in Clacton.

#UKPolitics
#Farage
#Heathrow

https://www.thepoke.com/2025/03/24/nigel-farage-heathrow-conspiracy/

Heathrow never lost access to power... (but it did shut down)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjy4m0n1exo
#Heathrow #aviation #UK

Heathrow Airport Ownership

Heathrow closure: what caused the fire and why did it bring down the whole airport?

The closure of Heathrow Airport has caused chaos, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. More than 1,300 flights have been affected, about 120 of these were already in the air.

A panel of experts offer their insights – and consider the implications of such a major incident.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250321-heathrow-closure-what-caused-the-fire-and-why-did-it-bring-down-the-whole-airport?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Airports should implement disaster recovery procedures for at least these reasons:
* Ensure passenger and staff safety.
* Maintain operational continuity.
* Protect critical infrastructure.
* Facilitate emergency response.
* Minimise financial losses.
* Comply with regulations.

Got it #HEATHROW?

The #Energy Secretary has commissioned the National Energy System Operator (NESO) to investigate the power outage that disrupted #Heathrow #Airport and the surrounding area. This follows restoration of power to all affected customers. The investigation aims to understand the incident’s causes and improve the UK’s energy resilience. The government is committed to preventing future disruptions through its Plan for Change, which includes boosting energy security. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband emphasised the importance of learning from the incident to protect critical national infrastructure. NESO will collaborate with stakeholders, including Heathrow, to ensure a thorough review. Initial findings are expected within six weeks.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/neso-to-investigate-heathrow-power-loss

Nach dem beispiellosen Stromausfall in #london #heathrow hat Europas größter Flughafen seinen Betrieb wieder aufgenommen. Dennoch sei es empfehlenswert, sich vor der Fahrt zum Flughafen bei seiner Fluggesellschaft zu informieren, hieß es dort weiter.

Update: Aero.de (German) #aviation

https://www.aero.de/news-49506/Flughafen-Heathrow-faehrt-wieder-hoch.html

A little investigation reveals that perhaps 25% of #Heathrow activity isn't completely useless. Most is simply boredom expressed as kilograms of Jet A converted into kilograms of CO2.

Anyway, restless folk with itchy feet becoming angry because the choices they made resulted in non-existential inconvenience are critical to politicians, so here we are, facing an exaggerated crisis.

If Heathrow was appropriately sized it would certainly be easier to maintain.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/mar/22/heathrow-airport-closure-fire-reopens-london-travel-flight-information-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-67deddce8f08e154ecc1611f#block-67deddce8f08e154ecc1611f

Good afternoon. It's 3PM, Saturday, 22nd March. The headlines: #Heathrow #Airport resumes full operations following an unprecedented shutdown caused by a power station blaze, affecting over 1,350 flights. The incident, which led to diversions across Europe, is not deemed suspicious by officials. The Comic Relief telethon has garnered £34m and #boxing icon George Foreman has died aged 76. Three rockets have been launched towards #Israel from southern #Lebanon. #BBC #News

Good afternoon. It's 12PM, Saturday, 22nd March. The headlines: #Heathrow Airport is back in service after a power station blaze led to its most extensive shutdown in years, affecting over 1,350 flights. Authorities do not suspect foul play. #Israel escalates its #Gaza campaign, with the military instructed to expand control as casualties near 50,000 and Gaza faces a 19-day blockade. #BBC #News

The closure of #Heathrow yesterday had 200,000 people not flying. If each flight had a climate impact of 1 tCO2 equivalent, then this would be 200,000 tCO2eq of emissions that didn't happen.

A study showed that for every ~4400 tCO2eq one human will die from climate change impact until the year 2100.

200,000/4400=45

Every day of Heathrow operation will kill 45 people in the future. Yesterday saved 45 people's lives.

I wouldn't want to be among the people who now need to explain why there is a single-point-of-failure for critical infrastructure. It might have looked like an acceptable risk at the time. After the fact it looks like a foolish decision.

I'd expect that other subsystems will be scrutinized as well. This looks like a higher level problem.

#heathrow #SystemsSafety

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/mar/22/heathrow-airport-closure-fire-reopens-london-travel-flight-information-latest-news-updates

“‘I want to look my nieces in the eye and say I did everything I could’: eight Just Stop Oil supporters found GUILTY”

by The Canary @thecanaryuk
“During the trial the judge removed all legal defences from the jury’s consideration, ruled the climate emergency to be ‘irrelevant’ and forbade defendants from mentioning that a jury has a right to acquit a defendant as a matter of conscience”

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/03/21/just-stop-oil-heathrow-10/?__s=pw3ygmyxve9etudpqdrh

Heathrow flights have resumed: What we know so far.

Flights have resumed at Heathrow Airport, a day after a fire at a nearby electrical substation shut down operations at one of the world's major transport hubs.

Heathrow, the UK's busiest airport, said on Saturday morning it was open and fully operational, however flight disruptions are expected to last days.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250321-heathrow-flights-have-resumed-what-we-know-so-far?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Since my post yesterday about the Heathrow fire "did numbers", as the influencers say, I just wanted to use the opportunity to say:

The power's back on now, and that's no doubt thanks to the hard work and dedication of some hugely skilled workers at National Grid. I hope everyone can spare a thought for them, as I don't doubt this has been a very rough 24 hours.

Good morning. It's 9AM, Saturday, 22nd March. The headlines: Boxing legend George Foreman has died aged 76. #Heathrow Airport resumes normal service after a brief halt, prioritising European flight redirections. The Tate brothers have been extradited to Romania. #Israel escalates its #Gaza offensive, launching renewed ground attacks and ordering the military to expand territorial control. #BBC #News

Ruth Cadbury MP, chair of House of Commons transport committee, said they would quiz the companies involved “once the dust settles”, adding: “We need to ask serious questions about resilience and how we can ensure nothing like this happens again at #Heathrow or other airports.” #fire #CNI #resilience
https://www.thetimes.com/article/26c1cdb8-972e-4154-bf84-291c015a6c75?shareToken=749b90f84b150ff56cbfc2ab161700b1

#talkcollapse: Nach dem gigantischen Stromausfall in Chile jetzt ein Totalshutdown eines der größten Flughäfen der Welt (#Heathrow).

Merkt Ihr auch, dass derartige... naja, Kollapse immer häufiger sind, länger andauern und größere Systeme betreffen?

Katastrophe als kommender Normalzustand...