Heathrow Airport Single Point of Failure

[Zigenare]

One substation goes down and that's Heathrow shut...

Somebody needs firing!

[Paddy]

Let's save £20k pa and reduce the maintenance on substations. It should never have happened.

[milanbenes]

one has to wonder, and it begs the question, is this is a form of hybrid raw fair.

Let's watch.

Milan.

[milanbenes]

Well, Soviet Saboteurs have been out and about in the UK, so it's a possibility.

But the National Grid should be able to switch to another substation - how was this allowed to happen?

yep,

the good news is this is all going to lead to a lot more investment in cyber and physical security and monitoring, resilience

which is good for business

Milan.

[WTFH]

Anyone heard from Suity since he started his new contract at National Grid?

[milanbenes]

😂😂😂

Milan.

[Zigenare]

Somebody in a meeting I've had this morning has mentioned that there were back-up generators available at one time but these were got rid of due to the drive towards "Net Zero" - I really hope that is true

[milanbenes]

😂😂😂

Milan.

[Paddy]

It's an attack by the Houthis, I am not going to eat there again.

[ladymuck]

All critical systems have backups. Non-critical systems, which were affected by the fire, have less resilience. The airport closed because of safety, not because critical systems failed.

If your business is in disaster recovery planning then there's going to be a good opportunity to earn a few bob over the coming months.