Isnt it funny how in this part of the world the first line of defence is lie or deny. Quote from todays Gulf News alongside pictures of chaos in the terminal yesterday.
"Mohammad Ahli, Director of Operations Room at the department, said: “We had no major disruptions. Some areas such as baggage handling and check-in formalities were switched to manual sorting.”
He, however, said that no flights were delayed or cancelled. He said the airport has its own generators that were switched on from 10.20am until 12.30pm, when power supply was restored."
The 7days newspaper has the same quote alongside a picture of the departures board showing several EK flights either cancelled or delayed. I seem to remember the same denial after the tragic accident on the terminal construction site late last year. Surely if the Dubai authorities want to be taken seriously as a global economy they have to resist the temptation to treat people like fools.