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Either one is correct. Meaning is subtly different, but not much.

"has" is not correct it should be "as".

A later sentence in the article is formed similarly and correctly uses "as" - "The runway also 'melted' at the RAF Brize Norton, military air base in Oxfordshire, west of London, on Monday as the UK struggled to cope with the weather."

But the airport can have temperatures. With some additional punctuation, has could be read more clearly.

Let's say "Runway melts" is X and Y is "temperatures in the UK near 40". "X as Y" says that these two things are happening at the same time. That makes sense. "X has Y" is incoherent.

I think this matters because some people on hackernews are not native English users. They may be legitimately confused or misled by typos that a native speaker would unconsciously correct.

As in, "melted runway at London Luton airport has gained sentience, named itself The Global Warming, and is holding the rest of the UK as hostage with its super-area-heating power; negotiations are ongoing"?

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