An El Al flight from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport to London Heathrow has been canceled after a large blaze at an electrical substation wiped out power at the UK’s busiest international hub.
The flight had been scheduled to depart midday.
The online flight board at Ben Gurion Airport shows that El Al was operating the flight as a codeshare flight, serving passengers who booked through Delta Airlines, Aero Mexico, Virgin Atlantic Airways, and Scandinavia’s SAS Airlines.
Heathrow Airport is set to remain closed all of Friday, as more than 70 firefighters tackle the blaze in west London.
According to flight tracking website FlightRadar24, at least 120 inbound flights to Heathrow have so far had to divert to other airports, while 1,351 flights had been due to land and take off at Heathrow on Friday.
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