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An Emirates flight sure for Dubai with 325 passengers on board returned to Kochi in Kerala 4 hours after take-off on Monday (March 16, 2026) morning following the sudden closure of the Dubai airport.
The flight, EK 533, had left at 4.30 a.m. and landed again at 8.30 a.m. Airport sources stated the closure was prompted by a “safety incident.”
Passengers had been initially suggested to stay on board whereas the state of affairs in Dubai was being reviewed. The concept was to function the service if the airport reopens. Ultimately, passengers had been requested to disembark, officers added.
Flights to most West Asia locations, besides Muscat, had been cancelled after the bombing of Iran by Israel and the U.S. and Iran’s retaliation since February 28. Providers have since been progressively restored although companies are but again to the pre-February 28 degree.
Sources famous that closures of airports within the wake of safety incidents have grow to be widespread. On a minimum of one earlier event, a Dubai-bound flight needed to return in comparable style.
Printed – March 16, 2026 09:35 am IST
