Monday, March 18, 2019

Dubai flights diverted after heavy rain, passengers stranded

Dubai: Hundreds of passengers were stranded on Sunday night after several flights were not allowed to land at the Dubai International Airport (DXB) and were diverted to other airports due to unstable weather.

One passenger, who took EK573 from India's Kolkata to DXB, was supposed to have landed past midnight but the flight was diverted to Muscat, and then finally to Al Ain, where the passengers were stuck on the runway for four hours.

"The reason given to us was that DXB 'was too busy to let us in'," the passenger told Khaleej Times.

"More than 50 people on board have missed their connecting flights," added the Dubai resident.

A fresh set of crew was allocated to operate flight EK573 which continued to Dubai International Airport and arrived after a 6-hour and 45 minutes delay.

"Emirates apologizes to all affected passengers for any inconvenience caused but the safety of our passengers and crew is of the utmost importance and will not be compromised," an Emirates spokesperson told Khaleej Times.

Emirates said: "Adverse weather in Dubai during the night on March 18 caused the diversion of Emirates flight EK060 (Hamburg to Dubai International Airport) to Dubai World Central, and Emirates flight EK573 (Kolkata to Dubai International Airport) to Al Ain International Airport.
18/03/19 Angel Tesorero/Khaleej Times

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