Ham phisted
Perhaps, the other runway was closed while debris was cleared. Do you not think that an airfield licensed for dual runway operations does not have sufficient fire cover for both departures and arrivals? More ill-informed rubbish. Perhaps, and its been suggested before, that only professional pilots are allowed to post on certain forums.
This is the sort of gratuitously rude contribution that gives Pprune such a bad name.
Heathrow seemed to be closed for much longer than would be necessary for a runway inspection - thereby causing massive disruption for thousands of passengers and major losses to airlines. The emergency was not as extreme as others which LHR has experienced so why was not more effort made to get the show on the road?
If Ham Phisted is indeed a professional pilot, I hope he is not so quick to leap to judgements in his job.
(It's really none of his business, but I operated out of LHR for 25 years)