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Slow recovery as Dubai airport, roads still deluged

By Amanda MOUAWAD Dubai airport, one of the world’s busiest, witnessed major disruption for a third straight day Thursday after the heaviest rains on record drenched the desert United Arab Emirates. Emirates, Dubai’s state-owned flagship airline, and sister carrier flydubai resumed check-ins after telling passengers to stay away on Wednesday, when thousands of delayed passengers clogged the airport. The airport, which handles more international passengers than any other, hopes to resume “something approaching normality” within […]

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Dubai airport flights resume after Emirates accident

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Dubai airport, the world’s busiest in terms of international passengers, resumed flights on Wednesday after a nearly four-hour shutdown caused by an accident involving an Emirates plane, authorities said. Dubai International Airport resumes operations for departure & arrival flights,” said the government’s official Twitter account. All 300 passengers on board the plane coming from India were evacuated safely, the government has said, as footage on social media showed smoke […]

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