Sounds familiar...
EK241 from Dubai to Toronto diverted yesterday because of bad weather and apparently as they hadn't enough fuel they diverted to an alternate.
Those PAX unfortunate enough to be members of Emirates Skywards will no doubt get the usual text message from Emirates giving then 25,000 complimentary air miles with the intention of reducing the volume of complaints.
If EK would only carry enough fuel on their aircraft they wouldn't have to have unexplained diversions and precautionary landings, then on to destination. Then they have the nerve to answer written customer complaints with words such as 'force majeur' and '...would never compromise passenger safety.' and '..circumstances beyond their control..'.
Perhaps they are all at it. It's only a matter of time...
I'm sure EK would have thought it quite unconventional to have diverted to Montreal.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/U...215Z/CYOW/CYYZ