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Dubai airport shutdown affects thousands of UK passengers
The flight was diverted after an Iranian drone strike caused a fire at Dubai airport, grounding flights and delaying hundreds of passengers for 11 hours onboard.
- On Monday, Emirates flight EK24, operating from Edinburgh, was forced to return after reaching the Egyptian mainland, landing around 06:49 after departing Sunday at 21:26.
- An Iranian drone struck a fuel tank near Dubai International Airport, starting a fire, and Dubai International Airport suspended operations as a precaution at around 5.34am local time on Monday; Dubai Civil Defence teams contained the blaze with no injuries reported.
- FlightRadar24 data show 65 planes were rerouted to 34 airports across Europe, Asia and Africa, while six Emirates flights from UK airports were forced to return and FlightAware tracked the EK24 route covering 4,872 miles.
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The 'flights to nowhere' that turned back at the same time after several hours
Thousands of flights have been cancelled to and from Dubai since US-Israeli attacks on Iran on February 28 (Picture: Getty Images) Passengers on an Emirates flight from Edinburgh to Dubai endured a miserable night on a ‘flight to nowhere’ and found themselves back in the Scottish capital nine hours after departure. The flight turned around as it approached the Egyptian coastline following the suspension of air traffic at Dubai International Airp…
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