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“The airport didn’t shut for days. We shut for hours,” he told the BBC.Woldbye said Heathrow’s backup power supply, designed for emergencies, worked as expected, but it wasn’t enough to run the whole airport, which uses as much energy as a small city.

“That’s how most airports operate,” said Woldbye, who insisted “the same would happen in other airports” faced with a similar blaze.But Willie Walsh, who heads aviation trade organization IATA, said the episode “begs some serious questions.”“How is it that critical infrastructure – of national and global importance – is totally dependent on a single power source without an alternative? If that is the case, as it seems, then it is a clear planning failure by the airport,” he said.

Walsh said “Heathrow has very little incentive to improve” because airlines, not the airport, have to pay the cost of looking after disrupted passengers.Friday’s disruption was one of the most serious since the 2010

, which shut Europe’s airspace for days.

Passengers on about 120 flights were in the air when Friday’s closure was announced and found themselves landing in different cities, and even different countries.Follow AP’s coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — In a historical twist, the home oflate communist dictator Enver Hoxha is hosting international artists fascinated by the long-ruling leader’s library, the country’s history of isolation and its unique traditions.

An interior view of Villa 31 where the late communist dictator Enver Hoxha, once a symbol of totalitarian rule used to live, in Tirana, Albania, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)An interior view of Villa 31 where the late communist dictator Enver Hoxha, once a symbol of totalitarian rule used to live, in Tirana, Albania, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)