Apparently the flight from DXB was diverted yesterday on route due to engine problems? Islamabad diversion? That is what was being said in the terminal but not sure what actually happened.
Emirates 17D arrived from Istanbul this morning, so possibly Istanbul instead of Islamabad.
Anyone with a knowledge of world geography would know that ISB is nowhere near the tracks flights usually take from DXB to MAN being North East of Dubai while the MAN flight would fly NW over Iran or Saudi
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On the other hand you sometimes overfly IST on this flight which would make sense as a diversion point.
Suzeman
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