Reply to: Heathrow Airport Single Point of Failure

[ladymuck]

This was an interesting read

https://watt-logic.com/2025/03/24/he...port-blackout/

[Zigenare]

The obvious answer is because he's constantly being an annoying tw*t.

But if that was a reason for banning, this place would be virtually empty.

When was the last time you looked around you?

[Snooky]

why what did he do ?

The obvious answer is because he's constantly being an annoying tw*t.

But if that was a reason for banning, this place would be virtually empty.

[milanbenes]

why what did he do ?

damn, I turn my back for a couple of weeks and all hell breaks out

ffs why can't you lot plan nicely together

Milan.

[Snooky]

what happened to V ?

Milan.

Permabanned. Now I have to actually go and look at the Daily Mail website if, for some bizarre reason, I want to read any of their garbage.

[milanbenes]

i guess the Heathrow Leadership Team have been on ebay all weekend bidding on generators

Milan.

[SussexSeagull]

I would have thought back up generators only keep safety critical systems going.

Even if it was an accident, if you are the sort of actor who wants to cause disruption to the UK you now have learnt a relatively easy way of doing it while sitting at home looking at BBC.co.uk,

[sadkingbilly]

anyway, if this is hi brid raw fare, then umm, things and life is gonna get interesting

Milan.

yeh, you best stock up on heavy gauge tinfoil for your headgear.

[milanbenes]

anyway, if this is hi brid raw fare, then umm, things and life is gonna get interesting

Milan.

[sadkingbilly]

Milly Beans may be right. If good old V was still here this DM news would have been posted by now:

aye, - right!

[milanbenes]

what happened to V ?

Milan.

[xoggoth]

Milly Beans may be right. If good old V was still here this DM news would have been posted by now:

Counter terrorism police probe Heathrow fire amid claims of Russian sabotage: Substation blaze fits the pattern of Putin's disruption attacks in Europe, and exposes 'vulnerability' in UK infrastructure, say experts | Daily Mail Online

[vwdan]

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.

Indeed, and then as ever, people will start with "We need complete redundancy" and when presented with the bill, soon start to realise that a sensible middle ground is in order.

[vwdan]

Not really sure what people are expecting here - you're talking about power requirements equivalent to a town, there's only so much redundancy that you can realistically have when it comes to keeping an entire airport operational.

There's a world of difference between safety critical redundancy, and a level of redundancy which allows normal operation when a huge piece of electrical infra goes down.

There are huge, critical, substations all over the grid - it would be completely impractical, and unreasonable, to try and duplicate them all along with their supply and distribution networks for one off, major, events like this

[Uncle Albert]