dxb closed
heard dxb apt is closed .... appraently there is a russian carrier involved ..dont have any details now ....
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An Aeroflot aircraft belly-landed on runway and authorities do not expect reopening until midday.
Unfortunately the other remaining runway is unavailable as it is being prepared for CAT3 operation. |
brief news that Aeroflot (SU) IL-86 (widebody, up to 350 seats) involved. nobody injured - at least by news report.
by the way - it is first serious incident with IL-86 since maiden flight. |
Gulf Daily News Report Sat 22nd Sept
Dubai airport shut as jet crash-lands By RICHARD MOORE MANAMA: Hundreds of airline passengers were stranded in Bahrain last night after a Russian airliner crash-landed in Dubai, closing its airport until later today. The Aeroflot Flight 521 from Moscow came down yesterday evening at the Dubai airport with one of its engines on fire. No one was injured in the incident. The Ilyushin-86 aircraft was carrying 307 passengers and a crew of 15. However, the accident and the subsequent closure of the airport disrupted regional airline traffic, with all inbound flights to Dubai diverted to a number of Gulf airports, including Bahrain International Airport. A Civil Aviation Affairs spokesman told the GDN last night that more than 400 travellers were stranded in Bahrain, and several hundred more trying to reach Bahrain were grounded in Dubai. He said only one Dubai-bound flight was re-routed to Bahrain airport. Emirates Flight 40 from Birmingham to Dubai was diverted to Bahrain, landing here at 10.45pm. The CAA spokesman said he did not know how many passengers were aboard the aircraft. However, he said they were placed in several Bahrain hotels for the night. He said the plane would likely take off for Dubai sometime this morning, but he could not provide a scheduled departure time. Local Emirates officials could not be reached for comment. Dubai airport duty manager Abdulla Al Towaidi told the GDN last night that three flights scheduled from Dubai to Bahrain were cancelled. He said Gulf Air Flight 509 was scheduled to arrive in Bahrain at 12.20am. Mr Al Towaidi said the plane had 59 passengers, and that they were accommodated in area hotels for the night. He said the flight would likely not be re-scheduled, and said passengers would be placed on other flights to Bahrain today. Mr Al Towaidi said Cathay Pacific Flight 730, which originated in Hong Kong with a stop-over in Dubai, was supposed to land in Bahrain at 9.25pm. He said Iran Asseman Airlines (IAA) Flight 6956, which originated in Bander Abbas with a stop-over in Dubai, was scheduled to arrive at the Bahrain airport at 9.50pm. Both the Cathay and IAA planes were on the ground when the accident occurred. He did not know how many passengers were aboard either flight or the status of the passengers. Cathay Pacific and IAA officials in Bahrain could not be reached for comment. Four flights from Bahrain to Dubai were affected by last night's accident. Two non-stop flights from Bahrain to Dubai were cancelled, a third flight re-routed to Al Ain, and a fourth remained grounded in Doha. Emirates Flight 244 was supposed to leave Bahrain at 7.50pm. Gulf Air Flight 508 was scheduled to depart from Bahrain at 9.10pm The CAA spokesman did not know how many passengers were aboard either flights, nor did he know the status of the passengers. Gulf Air Flight 506 was scheduled to depart from Bahrain airport at 8pm. The Muscat-bound flight which had a stop-over in Dubai, left at 9.15pm and was diverted to Al Ain International Airport. The CAA spokesman said passengers here were advised of the route change before boarding the aircraft, and that several chose not to take the flight. Al Ain International Airport night manager Ahmad Ransool told the GDN that more than a dozen passengers disembarked the aircraft, and that they were taken by mini-vans to Dubai. Mr Ransool did not know how many passengers remained on board, but said the plane continued on to Muscat without incident. Gulf Air Flight 518 departed from Bahrain at 10.15pm. The plane landed in Doha, and was supposed to continue onto Dubai. A Doha International Airport spokesman told the GDN last night the flight would remain on the ground until morning. He did not know how many passengers were on the Doha-Dubai sector, or their status. |
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The second RWY in DXB has been re-opened and flights are slowing getting back to normal.
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For minimum inconvenience to pax, is Bahrain really an alternative, with Abu Dhabi only a hour away, and Sharjah less than that?
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Newswatcher!!!! Are you flying, driving, walking or crawling, in that hour from Dxb to Auh?
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OBBI is a great alternate when OMAA,OMSJ,OMRK,OMAL,OMFJ,AND OOMS are reporting that they are not accepting any more diverting aircraft and OBBI is on your routing. Better to dump in early than **** away your gas looking for a place to land when you could have landed an hour prior. Just thinking that when twenty or thirty airplanes are all trying to get to the same place and it is not open that a sure bet is your safest bet. Happy landings equal happy pax :rolleyes:
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How about it yakkity/late landing/fweeeeep, any inside info?
regards to all. |
Scan x 3, that's driving. Should get from AUH to DXB side of Jebel Ali in an hour, if my memory serves me well! But I haven't tried since 1995.
:) :) |
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