They were stranded by closing Heathrow, some travelers became creative. Others just surrendered.

Philip Kezon found himself forced to improvise on Friday trying to move from London to Dublin, and is usually a routine journey.

After discovering that his flight was canceled from Heathrow Airport, Mr. Kizon, 58, took a train to Wales and then a phrase from the coastal town of Holiheid to the Irish capital. Many European and American travelers who were doing the same met.

Minutes after arriving in Dublin on a business trip, he said, referring to the comedy Steve Martin John Candy in 1987: “It was a plane, traces and real absolutely real cars,” referring to the comedy Steve Martin John Kandy in 1987.

Mr. Kizon, 58, from the Chester County, Pennsylvania, was among the thousands of travelers who found themselves cut on Friday after that A fire at a power station near Heathrow It caused the power outage that closed the airport for a better part of the day. Some flights associated with Heathrow turned into the air, while many other flights were not taken off, leaving disorganized passengers and anxiety I wonder when They may finally reach where they were going.

The New York Times asked readers to share their stories. Some, like Mr. Kheson, found alternative ways. Others stayed in a state of forgetfulness. Little simply surrender.

Aircraft were operated around Midflight.

Some of the aircraft that were already in the air turned. This was the case for the person who carries Jenny Lashans, who was traveling to London from Los Angeles with her sister and her two -year -old niece. After about four hours of the trip, the pilot told the passengers that there is a potential fire in Heathrow and that they would have to return.

“Everyone was very calm, and I think it was nice because we were all trapped in a plane,” said Lady Lashnas, 31.

Henry Kaufman, 20, a student at the University of Southern California, chose London as the Rabie district because of the scene of the theater. He was so enjoyable time that he decided to extend his journey daily.

Difficult. He was late watching the conclusion of the “Severance” season when he got a news alert on his phone, the Heathrow was closed. It looked unrealistic.

He said: “I do not find it reasonable for the airport to be the most crowded in Europe has just passed away today.”

Mr. Kaufman hopes that the operations will return to normal on Saturday, as airport officials promised, so that he could return to Los Angeles in time to resume chapters on Monday.

Some of the travelers change their paths.

Cindy Darlington, an executive director of marketing, is scheduled to take her best friend on her first foreign trip to London and Rome. The husband sat on the plane for three hours at San Diego Airport. When they were told that the trip was canceled, Mrs. Darlington and her friend moved quickly to reorganize their journey. Now they will go directly to Rome, and cut two days of their vacation.

“We heard people on board talking about going to a wedding and making contacts,” said Ms. Darlington. “So we feel that we are somewhat lucky. We have only lost two days.”

Some passengers were forced to completely cancel their flights. Iris Plamennto was on a plane at Newark Liberty International Airport on Thursday evening, pending the take -off on a package tour that would be transported to London, Normandy and Paris. After canceling her journey, she visited an online chat forum for the tour, as people were sharing stories about returning to the air, turning it or delaying it. The unwillingness to deal with stress, Mrs. Planmento, 72, canceled her journey.

““I must tell you that I am not a person with anxiety problems. During the past few weeks, I was very anxious. I never felt it before, and yesterday was especially bad until I got to the airport and I had some drinks. Today I am fine. I feel disappointed. But anxiety went.”

Cameel de, 74, was supposed to take off from Roslin, New York, and her husband from Kennedy International Airport in London on Friday evening for what she described as the first six -year vacation. Their trip was canceled, and the scheduling of the airline was rescued on Monday. I am concerned that the new flight line may cost hundreds of dollars in non -refundable hotels and other costs associated with it, as it is considering canceling the trip, although it allowed its Traffilus amounted to “a problem in the first world.”

“After that, it would be a while ago before I decided to return to London, because this is the whole thing left such bad taste in my mouth,” said Ms. Di.

“A little bit”: closing anxiety.

Alice Franklin, 22, is a senior Indiana University, without knowing when you will be able to get home from the spring vacation trip with 19 classmates in the semester of the international marketing and communications semester.

“Flying in general makes me feel a little sick,” said Ms. Franklin. “So it is not really fun to fly, but the fact that we do not know when it will happen and it seems that I cannot be mentally prepared for it, it is somewhat annoying.”