Huge power blackout plunges Spain and Portugal into chaos
Travel chaos has continued into Tuesday in Spain and Portugal, after one of Europe’s most severe blackouts plunged the Iberian peninsula into darkness.
Around 500 flights were cancelled due to the blackout, according to an estimate by The Independent’s travel correspondent Simon Calder. Large crowds remained at Madrid’s main train station on Tuesday.
The front page of The Independent this morning 29 April 2025:
- Spain-Portugal power outage live: Train and flight delays bring travel chaos as officials hunt blackout cause
- A hundred days of ‘missing’ Melania Trump
- Migrants convicted of sex offences to be banned from claiming asylum in Britain