Manchester passengers are among the thousands struggling to get home, as an intense storm in Dubai has caused flight disruption.
Dubai International Airport was flooded by the heavy rainfall, leading to Emirates cancelling seven flights between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) airport and the UK, with British Airways diverting or axing four.
The airport urged passengers to stay away “unless absolutely necessary” after it was hit by more than a year’s average rainfall in 24 hours. READ MORE Dubai International Airport warns travellers ‘not to come’ due to extreme floods Many flights were delayed by several hours on Tuesday (April 16), such as one operated by Emirates which landed at Heathrow more than five hours behind schedule at 9.30pm.
Paul Lidwith, 40, a solicitor from St Helens, Merseyside, said he was stranded for seven hours “without a single update”. He was travelling with Emirates from New Zealand to Manchester via Sydney and Dubai, but his flight to Dubai International Airport was diverted to Al Maktoum International Airport, located an hour away in the city.
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