Emirates flight from India to Dubai makes emergency landing

Dubai: An Emirates Airline jet carrying 222 passengers had to make an emergency landing at the weekend caused by what the airline described as "technical difficulties", a spokeswoman said today.
Flight EK533, which was scheduled to Dubai from Cochin, India on Saturday was delayed by more than 14 hours because of the problem.
"Emirates confirms that flight EK533 to Dubai, on Saturday 2nd July was delayed due to technical difficulties," the Emirates spokeswoman said in a statement.
The affected flight departed at 6.30pm local time on the same day.
03/07/11 Nadeem Hanif/The National

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