LGW Power Outage.
I wonder how often such an event happens.
Annually? very couple of years? Once in a lifetime?
Events happen. They usually occur at inconvenient times.
You can plan for events - risk management. But risk management is based on various levels of probability. The Airport Authority reacted but as usual not quickly enough for the SLF whose character changes the moment they enter an airport terminal.
An example perhaps of risk management improperly enacted is what happened in St Lucia recently with a river abutting the airport breaking it's banks. It's not rare so there is a greater risk. I suspect that the authorities there will now act with greater purpose to prevent what could have been a catastrophic accident with multiple loss of life.