Most of the flights in and out of the airport are expected to experience delays because of this.
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Dubai International airport, the world’s third-busiest, closed minutes after the crash-landing and diverted flights for long-haul carrier Emirates and others across the UAE and into other countries.
Dubai Airport authorities have already announced that limited flights will be allowed to operate from Dubai airport from tomorrow till 0730 hours on August 7.
To compensate, airport authorities were maximising the use of Al Maktoum International Airport at Jebel Ali.
Dubai Airports is working with the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigner Affairs (immigration) and Dubai Police to assist passengers with issues relating to visa expiry and lost passports.
However, many flights were delayed due to the incident.
The disruption of normal operations yesterday affected a total of 19,000 passengers before DXB resumed operations under restricted capacity at 1830hrs. “Dedicated telephone lines are now active for family members, UAE – 8002111, United Kingdom – 00442034508853, USA – 0018113502081”, says the airline.
With no narrow-body aircraft being allowed to land till early on Friday morning, budget carriers SpiceJet and IndiGo have cancelled all their flights to Dubai. The aircraft took off from Thiruvananthapuram and was carrying 282 passengers with 18 crew members.
Dubai-based airline Emirates has confirmed that there were no fatalities on the flight from India that crash-landed at Dubai’s main airport Wednesday. “The concentration now is to recover the operation over the next few days”.
“Apologies for inconvenience. All flights to and from Dubai stand cancelled for today (August 4)”, the airliner said.
The chairman told a press conference that evacuation procedures were executed professionally and the cabin crew were the last to leave the plane. “When smoke engulfed the flight, we realised there was something amiss and we felt there was some danger”, he said. In 2013, Dubai opened a smaller second airport, Al-Maktoum International.
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Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of the southwestern Indian state of Kerala, a popular beachside tourist destination.
