Sabotage in the game? Anti-terrorist police in action

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Was sabotage in the game? Anti-terrorist unit is determined in Heathrow

Did anyone have their hands in the game in a substation in a substation near Heathrow? This should clarify special investigators from the British anti-terrorist police.

The British anti-terrorist police are consulted to examine the Heathrow fire. This was learned by the British daily “The Times”. The special investigators should clarify whether the fire broke out in the Hayes Sabotage substation. The “The Times” assumes that it is a default of the police.

“In view of the location of the substation and the effects that the incident had on critical national infrastructure, the anti-terrorist unit of the mead is now leading the investigation,” said the metropolitan policy. Their special resources and skills are intended to help quickly find the investigation.

The substation in Hayes caught fire in the night from Thursday to Friday. It supplies the huge airport with electricity. Around 70 firefighters had fought the flames in the substation during the night and brought them under control. For security reasons, the airport was closed until midnight (11:59 p.m. local time). The British BBC reported more than 1,351 flights.

Passengers were instructed not to travel to the airport and contact their airline. Several flights had to be diverted in the morning. According to the Foldradar portal, around 120 aircraft were in the air in the early morning that had to dodge.

Ralph Beisel, general manager of the ADV airport association, said T-Online: “The incident shows that despite all precautions and redundancies, critical infrastructures are vulnerable. An airport cannot fully supply itself and is dependent on external supply networks.” (Read everything about the German point of view here.)

“We expect considerable disabilities in the coming days,” said a airport spokeswoman. You will give an update as soon as you know more about the resumption of flight operations. “We know that this is disappointing for passengers and we want to assure that we work as hard as possible to fix the situation.”

A few flights should also be canceled on Germany’s largest airport in Frankfurt due to the closure of Heathrow. “But we are not massively affected,” said an airport spokesman.