All London Heathrow flights to and from Shannon Airport have been cancelled today amid massive disruption to global air travel.
Heathrow airport has been closed for the rest of the day, following a huge fire at a nearby electrical substation, with passengers told not to travel to the terminal ‘under any circumstances’ and significant delays are expected for a number of days.
So far, Shannon Airport has facilitated six diverted flights originally scheduled to land at Heathrow, including flights from Toronto, Atlanta, Bridgetown Barbados, Boston, Orlando and Newark.
The first of these flights landed safely just before half past four this morning.
Over 13 hundred flights were due to land and take off from Heathrow today and former pilot Sean Bell says it shows how fragile the system can be.
Aside from this, Shannon Airport is operating its normal flight schedule today.
