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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on March 21, 2025, 08:32:58 AM

Title: Heathrow closed for the day
Post by: Nearly Sane on March 21, 2025, 08:32:58 AM

Must be an utter nightmare if you were meant to be travelling through it

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cly24zvvwxlt

Title: Re: Heathrow closed for the day
Post by: Nearly Sane on March 21, 2025, 05:17:32 PM

Interesting article in the resiliency or not of Heathrow

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdjy0g01z1po

Title: Re: Heathrow closed for the day
Post by: Harrowby Hall on March 22, 2025, 02:56:54 PM

I caught Any Answers on Radio 4 today (I didn't hear Any Questions).

One aspect of UK administrative life cropped up - the fact that much of the essential infrastructure of the United Kingdom is in private ownership. This leads to a lack of strategic planning.

Title: Re: Heathrow closed for the day
Post by: jeremyp on March 24, 2025, 11:10:52 AM

Quote from: Nearly Sane on March 21, 2025, 05:17:32 PM

Interesting article in the resiliency or not of Heathrow

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdjy0g01z1po

My dad, who did heavy electrical engineering for a living, thinks there may have been a dual feed but that one half was down for maintenance. That's not exactly what the article says, but we don't really know how expert the experts really are.

Title: Re: Heathrow closed for the day
Post by: Nearly Sane on March 24, 2025, 12:43:56 PM

Some further info

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdjy4m0n1exo