Hundreds of flights were canceled … revealing the cause of the Heathrow airport fire last March

The operating company for the National Energy System (Niso) concluded in The United Kingdom in a report issued on Wednesday, that the fire that broke out at a sub -power station and caused the closure of Heathrow Airport in London on March 21, was a successful "probably" On the leakage that was not repaired in a major component. "A major defect in one of the high tension sockets of the transformed (insulating component), which may result from leakage"Which led to the occurrence of Diamonds. . "A high moisture level was monitored in one of the plugs" In 2018, but "The appropriate measures were not taken to alleviate its intensity". "A mixture of old organizational rules and insufficient safety mechanisms and the failure of the company (operating the electricity network) in the maintenance of its facilities, all factors that led to this catastrophic electrical holidays"
added "We expect the national network to carefully review the steps it can take to prevent recurrence" Such an accident. "Important lessons that must be extracted" From the accident, confirming that the operating company "It adopted a comprehensive program for investigation and maintenance" In addition to specific measures since the fire.