Passengers were taken into tunnels and flights were briefly suspended atDubai airportafter adrone strikeappeared to hit nearby.
Several blasts were heard in the city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday morning as the country’sgovernmentsaid it had activated air defences, as Iranian strikes targeted the Gulf states in response to a jointIsrael-US bombing campaign.
Passengers waiting for flights at Dubai international airport, the world’s busiest international travel hub, were ushered down into train tunnels at the sprawling airfield after the alert sounded.
Video footageshows an explosion and smoke appearing to emanate near the terminal. A whirring sound is heard just before the explosion in the footage.
The impact of the drone appeared to be near a concourse of the airport.
Later that morning, long-haul carrier Emirates resumed operations after briefly suspending all flights to and from Dubai.
A Dubai Airports spokesperson said: “Dubai Airports confirms partial resumption of operations from today, 7 March, with some flights operating out of Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central – Al Maktoum International (DWC).
“Travellers are urged to not travel to the DXB or DWC unless they have been contacted by their airline that their flight is confirmed, as schedules continue to change.”
The spokesperson added that Dubai Airports would continue to monitor the situation.
Just before 9am UK time, Emirates wrote on X: “Our post from 11:08am Dubai time regarding operational status is no longer current, and has been deleted to avoid causing unnecessary confusion.”
Source: Drudge Report
